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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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8 N. k) v# f( h3 [9 CI want to grow you a tree,
8 }/ m, w# T% }8 y2 m( \And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:' b7 F4 a1 @( K: T! J
0 _ {, N5 x, ZA husband you've never met, but someday will, : Y7 F2 l+ O- F) ~
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, : d% Q z* O& B. f
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
|. v7 e' I; A! J, zwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.* a; R" h7 |( b( @
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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1 w$ f, L; W7 z* }He will understand all this about you:' E v: |8 y9 k" ]0 |
Your fear, your hope,( m* ]0 s' j& |7 l$ Z# `* n" g
Your kindness, your need for space.
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9 y/ w+ X1 B% }In your mind, you've been left before. . z) U$ E- N4 B& }0 a
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
# ^& K6 |, T/ ]/ pYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 X' h* _% P/ gYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
0 d6 G( |3 F; N% WGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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