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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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. N/ ]# t# k- GI want to grow you a tree,
3 N+ P7 J! t* @ N) ]7 E- l/ P4 WAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, , f- R. T9 G6 d8 N
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
! P6 i8 y& N" ^8 SBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,! w" E9 e8 O- W9 P' S
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
4 B* Y7 J, d/ d- _- t5 WHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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& O- a1 D# T$ W( `3 S+ mHe will understand all this about you:9 r* D; `) t: l1 ?" C
Your fear, your hope,2 {6 J# W3 [# S8 F4 B o' u+ w/ Y `
Your kindness, your need for space.5 p) ^4 _% Z' d7 S. J! {
# o- R& H) @4 S! X7 jIn your mind, you've been left before.
9 }' p! \4 \# }% VWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--* q+ J j- s6 v& { d6 y
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ) p2 [/ m8 E# s
You feared you hadn't earned them. 6 v L! I8 |) }. S. W! {
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 3 c# t+ }8 m( K9 e* a3 V+ }
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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