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朋友劳工写给朋友的, c" [) j& V8 a. i! n. K5 I
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I want to grow you a tree,
3 g m9 U# u) K6 ~8 }) t5 |4 y- bAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:0 b0 ~" v# |' z- m' w$ I" A! T0 q! E
H* F F8 Z" M2 o2 J1 V4 v# ~$ b& UA husband you've never met, but someday will, ; T X) U2 x( Q! X7 z
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 6 Z6 U$ ]6 ~7 \, V! r0 N7 ~5 P2 K' v- e
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
% k" Z& v2 k: @3 I4 ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
* p7 u1 `& {- P: f0 mHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:) W( z" E9 b3 R7 }# a; _0 ?
Your fear, your hope,. g2 d$ @: Z0 a" }1 O4 Q$ i( ^' s1 `
Your kindness, your need for space.
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: E0 L& {+ h0 }0 t' X$ i1 jIn your mind, you've been left before. ' y" S2 f( Z5 Y' i( s
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
" B! D1 `& _3 n9 p5 C: }, O* |4 H( s7 lYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
: s2 Z+ J6 W1 ~" N2 v1 |" h5 Z" DYou feared you hadn't earned them. & u$ Y; {+ _9 M+ j
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. + e. D: \, X& m; M* K" a/ W6 x, m; i
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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