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朋友劳工写给朋友的2 E# `" }# N& i! e5 D6 @1 h
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
2 g. L" U( S4 W' s3 r& _! YA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, % J6 K' j0 c" m
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
8 y' Y1 A( S4 H/ Ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile.# ~$ k2 g+ ?( H7 Q, ]0 L1 k
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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# {* g1 i& ~ j* c0 [& k# LHe will understand all this about you:
' S0 U" t5 b# o! e E% KYour fear, your hope,
+ [! a' @* E0 y& k6 HYour kindness, your need for space.+ \6 w- R" E0 V6 f0 ^" q
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In your mind, you've been left before. . o! X" Q0 A) Q
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--/ R) y; S3 T9 n0 b
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
1 e! y! \- o& r7 S8 wYou feared you hadn't earned them. % G/ {- P# P' ~6 K2 m1 U* t t0 }
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
0 o3 I( }+ K3 IGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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