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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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4 s" D/ O3 X1 @# i0 t Y5 LI want to grow you a tree, 3 m" ]( q9 G, }9 \& M
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, * K9 s8 y- g9 z1 T) D8 e( s( K" L
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
g, ~) z4 x( {4 I9 R# a$ q3 ]2 CBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
4 E% ?4 E# }- O- Z! a& f: _watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
' ?6 Z. W3 Q" ZHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- ]+ e+ i5 {1 q/ o( A
% F/ x& Y. k9 u9 W: YHe will understand all this about you:
9 _) d1 G5 _( q2 t5 ?9 f( i* o) uYour fear, your hope,
) Y" W O' H: F, i; GYour kindness, your need for space.
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1 h4 t. {& C) M) J VIn your mind, you've been left before.
1 z, [$ r2 V9 [3 c4 AWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
4 {. s- W0 D4 \' nYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
' O2 t# C9 O+ C; EYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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7 P5 a$ E, i* t, }; A9 Hhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. / F3 j! v5 \ p% ?) L% X
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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