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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, * q+ m0 M1 F/ u7 y! O
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
% ?' ]# L% z9 {: T. WA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 9 W- }5 W. Q R7 V+ Z
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
/ W) F2 e& A2 ~ A2 {/ \ Dwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.9 a2 N+ v6 j9 P( l6 L
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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/ z+ y0 ~' \8 `( F" }He will understand all this about you:
+ d7 S; M: c. O. A/ P+ |/ X+ o" z4 mYour fear, your hope,
3 b; p, z% C- e% j* B8 jYour kindness, your need for space. ?/ o% i, P3 `3 [; Z
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In your mind, you've been left before. 8 g" Y; [8 P z% L* I6 w# N- S
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
" d. z: |# f$ i9 \You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
% O7 t) @( m6 @: k% O* [You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
( [ i# _: Y, l/ zGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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