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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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# t0 i0 O1 N2 F0 B' I# d) XI want to grow you a tree, 9 T7 g( G( b6 ?# ~8 @! d
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, - D/ v* u0 U6 B1 E) ?
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
" g" x5 K% }" F: r" O& gBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,4 \7 `2 k$ o; ^
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
* X$ I- ~# m" o3 V2 k+ m) j- ]. F: b% RHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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. a+ \& z! P; u. j KHe will understand all this about you:
+ ?: ?" e7 z- x) uYour fear, your hope,
2 N1 q: ~$ n1 k( wYour kindness, your need for space.
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$ _* D2 t/ a4 E# O1 }8 d- a- cIn your mind, you've been left before.
$ o0 k5 g1 S6 ~9 V9 ^We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
9 W( d. n2 L; w, O @: l8 oYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, # Q4 U) p4 S1 D
You feared you hadn't earned them. " N5 Y, `3 o" f7 J" k. w- @; D8 ^6 _
- G! e1 T0 c- T/ |; `: Uhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. . X+ T- S! k T1 b1 ]# N0 \
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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