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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
1 W6 S7 z o/ v$ e% a5 y& O* ZAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
9 j0 B7 c2 J4 ?, OA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, : F. N6 z6 i! @# I# a5 e* }" p) }
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' ^3 K+ P. n( w, y9 ]. lwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
- [% \& H8 [- L5 G$ }He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,) a' A+ e: M. s
% z8 z s! J; M% w. KHe will understand all this about you:
, J4 L" U% s; X% X& @$ DYour fear, your hope,8 e+ q, F; [/ X5 i8 ]
Your kindness, your need for space.! W5 V W8 G9 f9 F' |+ i+ b
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In your mind, you've been left before. 2 q9 l1 Z/ S$ X9 s
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
; a$ `4 Z X3 V5 _( ^3 M% gYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, / [ g3 Y9 j( ]' ~* y+ D u
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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" b# ^+ ]6 }% y3 f9 C4 ghe will understand all this. I will understand all this. . f0 A, c9 O9 r
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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