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朋友劳工写给朋友的, m6 z0 T2 R4 G* K- W, K# B5 Y
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I want to grow you a tree,
. N1 Z7 A6 ]/ [0 h7 B3 uAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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' \$ ]' m3 N: Q$ fA husband you've never met, but someday will,
7 z: p% O2 g* d$ EA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
% U o4 S" Y9 K L3 Y5 KBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
$ G! z% {0 I3 }2 w$ y- m8 v& Swatching you, protecting your fragile smile.1 d9 }5 T, y) @ ~. o
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,$ S# A) ]% \' O- M/ E
9 T' z: p9 p7 \# D( DHe will understand all this about you:: u- A8 P+ ^. B- l" A
Your fear, your hope, B$ ?1 ?: Q! ?. J/ k
Your kindness, your need for space., Y, y* m! D F* x8 L) E
* K2 j( P/ K2 r- _2 P; xIn your mind, you've been left before. 4 P% d+ h+ R3 d! B7 G) D- t
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--0 A* n! p5 H0 y$ L$ G1 t, o
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 a# D, T' {, Y/ o: \7 Q% k+ [You feared you hadn't earned them. 3 T8 S- H$ S2 r. I5 o
: t4 @/ c7 k9 V! r. e, K2 ]2 ahe will understand all this. I will understand all this. / P( l8 f6 Q$ r
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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