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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
- u/ j! N0 {" m6 j& Y) ?And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:, g5 `2 z- m7 @
% f( k) _1 \) E, E$ ]& [3 FA husband you've never met, but someday will, ' n( M* u8 w0 B* V, Q7 j1 |
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 5 _3 m( H H' D- q6 o( O+ G( |
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
+ i0 \8 V; {( o8 q! w0 F/ e3 b' X1 vwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
% S0 K* `- `$ w( f0 nHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:( r2 N: u7 `0 j1 k
Your fear, your hope,
' G5 ~) P3 j9 h2 C- B+ k Z/ tYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. 1 b* o, |/ @ g$ J
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--5 \) n3 I2 l. f8 w, ]- X2 v7 q
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
0 H/ K. C, L. t5 l1 _* W9 PYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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) q: }1 V1 S( Fhe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
) x" Q( k" y1 fGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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