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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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5 g! R$ ?- W- r9 h$ k, [7 M5 _I want to grow you a tree, & P" i# {. \& J* [$ t" D; J; t
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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' x% q6 ~6 x2 `+ z9 y) M7 ]% J7 CA husband you've never met, but someday will,
* Z4 t' M( @ V8 U: WA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
6 X. k- @+ ^: U7 jBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
1 v8 u) E- h+ u O$ s7 J% n4 z( x5 Zwatching you, protecting your fragile smile./ E8 F3 _4 S) g8 k" k3 `
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- c, i7 w" ]5 Y% B+ {6 L+ N- e8 K
9 F- N% i) {6 O4 m; |* p; GHe will understand all this about you:
; A- k0 X8 T( d6 K- s) N; CYour fear, your hope,$ |" V$ q8 O; K$ |& {4 s' N
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
7 q+ ?, H0 ?* E7 W% K: oWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--) t' C' I, ^/ V8 W- A7 C1 x. r
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ! A( @& e( V, p! z* U) c' R
You feared you hadn't earned them. 6 c9 U: U3 r- E- z$ l% I( }7 h
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
9 D0 \, y& S1 E% N& @2 B2 p( }* dGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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