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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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! I0 z( u$ v Z# G& f( h4 kI want to grow you a tree, ' @4 L* n7 ^8 V# K
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 1 s! F/ d: n: [7 i
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
. R$ }+ J3 u4 q0 B" JBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,: _" g! o: _3 m$ Q
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.1 t4 ]1 M, O; k- I2 ^5 v' W0 ~
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,( G9 ^6 H5 s1 t5 h2 ]9 c( ]3 g
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He will understand all this about you:" i- H! s9 _7 ?# D. F4 O# v
Your fear, your hope,8 H1 }0 e" x0 ]
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. 2 u' p- ~% R7 V G5 s' ]
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
1 A: n( B2 F" FYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
+ J7 S0 V" Z( s1 O& j. D: dYou feared you hadn't earned them. ) B& i+ X3 N8 T7 O( C
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 6 q6 |7 v2 x% \. T+ Z) `
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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