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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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: u+ O/ w" S; M7 u' O" t- xI want to grow you a tree, : A% e1 M4 Q; 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,
! J. i- g# Y% E4 k* }! Y: e. U- W. eA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, - {: E! y0 t/ N; y8 W' x
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
$ P* H; S( p9 E H! e3 @$ q2 }* P/ x$ Iwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
+ [' B+ v) a7 H+ e3 H+ x8 O" RHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,. b0 k1 P+ F" ]2 L
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He will understand all this about you:& F0 R) b. g. X& J: `
Your fear, your hope,
* K# B5 D- q1 F" O' J8 tYour kindness, your need for space.- _; @! x* B7 c" B- a
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In your mind, you've been left before.
g9 }& _/ W( V" V. m0 H0 u8 L1 y% \We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--) u! n" o' z1 p7 G# k/ e3 }
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
$ G R I7 ^% AYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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% R* n3 {: |0 ^he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ! r% E. t; B& R: j. ?, \* p- Q
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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