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朋友劳工写给朋友的* A! \4 X1 a4 y4 Y u. j' q: m
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I want to grow you a tree, 9 I( {. l9 a3 u* L( d/ K! f- e
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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& x* X9 Q" }5 G' o/ \; K2 C) fA husband you've never met, but someday will, @1 W! D; X- }, O% n) G
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, : ]) E4 I. E( a8 b
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,, T7 u( ]' |# l2 r6 W
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.! m7 h ]- Y+ S) i L
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:4 P% d; R. |6 e
Your fear, your hope,
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In your mind, you've been left before. 4 c0 i9 P! |8 K8 s& Z% _
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
/ \' k ^8 R' H ]7 O+ X* x: L0 oYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 5 H K3 ^7 n* w; C8 ~
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
) V9 F* c) P' n: kGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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