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朋友劳工写给朋友的& B- c# ~1 d) u Y, p
3 F7 n U+ y. c) wI want to grow you a tree,
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- ]9 i9 M4 L3 L( @. C9 f% FA husband you've never met, but someday will, 8 J- Q; ]+ ?# [* Z& Q! Y
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
7 E/ R) b/ Y3 \8 Z2 R" F+ |But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
, h9 A$ A8 m, E5 |" Y4 U! E4 Owatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
! {2 T3 X. h( v+ O% J6 \He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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) c" c' y9 P4 tHe will understand all this about you:" r) K+ i* m% Z7 H% a8 h
Your fear, your hope,
# }4 N2 J" J( w7 aYour kindness, your need for space.! ~* a2 p* A# E% f( N" K: n
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In your mind, you've been left before.
: ^0 \/ x- g; h( M% G# bWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
& ?4 D8 ]4 s% {0 Y! u1 F6 t' tYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
6 }/ g h0 I4 b! ~% hYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 2 I( }4 ?9 o) ^1 p( [- u% e$ ^
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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