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朋友劳工写给朋友的6 b+ a- G! F7 v* W! S
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I want to grow you a tree,
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" o3 i# U. H) t: O1 [$ WA husband you've never met, but someday will, & {* _3 L2 U( E. e
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 1 @" }0 R; ]0 b+ v. A: K6 Z+ M
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,# U+ D: Z1 Y( u! V l8 d' s# Z6 c
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
+ `1 o0 `! ]4 g; J# u* X8 jHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,0 a5 D* l, M4 p, Q4 f Z5 U
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He will understand all this about you:
- i6 p0 J2 p2 d5 N% I5 Z$ FYour fear, your hope,
* ^9 [0 }9 Q1 @: J% G3 _3 wYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. 1 L8 |$ U$ Z+ b6 u6 D+ Y
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--, _& a: M0 Z5 ~
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 7 x+ C" t# V4 T% S: f
You feared you hadn't earned them. 7 G/ }+ U9 U+ n$ C2 o; |
" q. F4 B' O3 J3 [) q" P. o$ N3 Zhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. " ?; H0 }2 N" B+ V. H j V% m3 G' |
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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