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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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. j7 G0 z% e2 W1 TI want to grow you a tree,
, {& c. D: ?! D" R% [And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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3 j& \# ^0 x$ y5 k5 {A husband you've never met, but someday will, ! a# O/ F% r: m7 w* X S2 w
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
# T, k# m. O1 |7 ABut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,& M; P9 I& S$ X' b
watching you, protecting your fragile smile., q; K4 W- }8 g0 h/ x
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,0 p5 a# R0 i" u5 ?
1 |5 Y6 e' s5 F: S# pHe will understand all this about you:0 Y/ I8 ^9 L' _* J
Your fear, your hope,/ h9 D7 Q6 v. G. |1 e. D
Your kindness, your need for space.7 W/ F4 K- |+ ?1 }
8 O" ?# f7 k; t+ C5 b7 jIn your mind, you've been left before. # Y' j. S& i! c- ~5 ~' K# q
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--# U9 x4 |5 N! j. v$ [0 ]
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
+ W6 D8 R4 c! x+ Q. l w0 H5 eYou feared you hadn't earned them. 5 W- X, S# X0 t
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ! j* V7 k& }& ?2 c
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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