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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, , `" `0 b3 `, ^. B( p
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:/ D& e9 f) N7 v1 ]8 w
1 P$ n. O/ T4 k' `& X/ g+ r: t3 I& qA husband you've never met, but someday will,
, j) V" ?+ i7 v# q( V4 g/ S0 KA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, $ I2 `' v2 A% S1 p" O$ O5 ]
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
! q. `" J2 T' b O: ]watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
( o: o' y+ x* PHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,+ \! n7 O* F, ~; M. L# a
0 f- _5 A( m" g0 Q4 {& ^! q, xHe will understand all this about you:
' y. P5 a' E' n, D# H, rYour fear, your hope,
8 m9 x7 P& S5 b) vYour kindness, your need for space.
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. q D2 y8 {1 ~; b1 T" y( lIn your mind, you've been left before.
# G. ^+ x. g$ `2 g: l1 ~9 n; IWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
6 `6 Z- J; y# ?* g8 r( \You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
5 ~2 _( j" b' A) V2 j; F/ ~You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
6 b; E* R3 I, r8 CGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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