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朋友劳工写给朋友的% `: s% m& n0 `8 Z9 X1 C/ o$ j
4 z0 |: o5 r+ B$ z0 E& SI want to grow you a tree, 5 e, n: M% z6 m& L; @9 g( S
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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; |" H" @) G1 ?# M. @A husband you've never met, but someday will,
# S) r% @% ~' G; H( F! |1 x6 LA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
6 c6 w( |' F9 k7 ^8 @6 b; M& [# v/ ZBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
" W( Z+ i" h) I2 iwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.% M/ p o7 b9 H
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,; }. e9 Q; Y$ v8 \, @7 t
. A3 U- j1 J; YHe will understand all this about you:, V( F3 V) T9 d p. U1 a$ C7 o, b
Your fear, your hope,
$ d) }: i5 X( J3 P' Q EYour kindness, your need for space." N! x2 b1 d V* [$ u
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In your mind, you've been left before. - g0 v3 b0 j9 n0 _1 S( W9 Q1 G
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
; J! c/ `+ \# n1 N9 VYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
& ^5 v/ N$ X' Y m+ q/ VYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. a6 [: N- ~+ M. j; X$ [2 ^
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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