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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
" \& e. T' z. T5 X) x- hAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:" @' G7 Q" W% e; [8 M J
+ e/ d+ r# C0 F) G. J. eA husband you've never met, but someday will, 9 M# M; w' O, C2 \
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, / v) Y; c9 Y- W: M# i1 [5 S
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
) V: ?1 \/ v+ nwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
8 B6 A* a( E5 }* o8 f$ YHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
3 X& w: l) \$ C9 }7 k6 k' o, U# ^1 dYour fear, your hope,- T! n# w6 s" `7 r1 \. W9 F) |& i
Your kindness, your need for space.. G" H# x6 |; Q( W/ N- x7 Q- h
! j* p N& A' eIn your mind, you've been left before.
' w" w/ p3 ^, N. _ j0 c6 fWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
! S; Z$ |9 E* k: aYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, & H. W; _& u4 R
You feared you hadn't earned them. ! w4 `+ t# X# G0 t& w* U
9 Y m- k! ~0 L0 R& ]he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 6 B, p! E. Q7 A" u
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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