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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
9 a, t- X. J1 Y2 W/ _And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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2 M; J: j* N. t0 P2 MA husband you've never met, but someday will,
& h1 v# w& j' M1 {9 VA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
$ K/ c0 Q, T* |1 m, {But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
* z* Z* [* _4 twatching you, protecting your fragile smile.+ m! P/ x5 x* M8 Z1 g6 q, `
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
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Your kindness, your need for space.
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c' E+ \# e1 t C' Y2 x* SIn your mind, you've been left before.
6 G4 l5 D& C; k, @0 q) I& WWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely-- I& F6 R% J) S4 c1 h0 i2 R
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
& ~# w) n% H) N2 j* gYou feared you hadn't earned them. : K8 Z; z7 N7 P! R$ t
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. " }/ k- t; d: V
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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