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朋友劳工写给朋友的5 C9 n/ l, |- T' ~+ z
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I want to grow you a tree,
' w3 N2 V( f1 H# G( rAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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$ h1 P* `9 ]0 k. }! S9 zA husband you've never met, but someday will,
+ B" E! W6 d3 B* uA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
, O: O+ }2 H; Q* _But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,* B& e9 s$ z7 |& u
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
- q7 |1 m4 \- U/ m& ^. WHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,8 K4 j/ r- t& M; m3 A% ^5 {. l" n
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He will understand all this about you:
7 J" Q0 i. U6 ?' S. G' C# o6 c, h5 \6 H" _Your fear, your hope,
# T0 P2 T6 T7 ?Your kindness, your need for space., h5 N1 t' L1 Q" F. h
8 V- ^% L1 O' R) C+ vIn your mind, you've been left before.
( M" E: Z" C7 h0 z' GWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
' R5 ?4 p7 m' C D5 k1 IYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
" Y3 w! l) F( i$ u4 JYou feared you hadn't earned them. 1 m. w* k9 M8 i$ _, ]
9 B. |1 n8 p1 ~2 ]" x$ S( Ahe will understand all this. I will understand all this. ( A- M) Z, W; A1 t) K$ P
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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