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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, 5 Q+ f) x3 L0 C! G4 S7 L
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:2 C+ n; D- I- i0 P
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
# _0 J! K+ t# Q! c; d* N1 }A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
+ y3 p' ^# e9 u2 u1 @" [0 y1 d, XBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,% o2 X6 y$ ~1 k+ q5 X, _/ F
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
; m' T. B+ B( i; N# |$ X+ X' eHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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9 b4 N+ n8 X2 bHe will understand all this about you:, @$ ?/ A O: f9 l
Your fear, your hope,
% Z0 y# G# r9 T$ y# e& EYour kindness, your need for space.. T' }% Y# x; Q% n* D
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In your mind, you've been left before. ! }! U1 V/ p" `( T0 ^
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
/ D3 |7 N7 a6 TYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
w1 S% A4 A4 a8 z/ [You feared you hadn't earned them. ) }0 b! s9 }* n% C4 z, ?) r
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
@- D6 Z" k5 h( J/ [God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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