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朋友劳工写给朋友的2 q) N. ?3 P, c. a5 [
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I want to grow you a tree, 8 `9 F5 Q* k3 x" C# j2 X" l4 C6 j. g
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
. X& d" ]8 C3 cA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
( L* A& ], g+ C9 CBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,9 p* R( K' W; h$ R5 m4 U. `
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
3 I5 v b* y3 G8 [& _: u" C9 |He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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' m: r7 [6 d* T' d+ D+ THe will understand all this about you:
2 b+ ^. h+ d3 a2 WYour fear, your hope,4 y4 O4 i3 s3 e' I% g
Your kindness, your need for space.
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4 F) H. c) ]/ L0 U7 q0 [3 SIn your mind, you've been left before. ( _" f6 G+ K$ s% r2 s4 t; x% R q
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--, w! C# R% ` i! H9 p9 Y$ ~
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
! u5 `% u, B0 p9 Z) z4 N/ |You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. . _) X: k3 c. M0 C, B
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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