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朋友劳工写给朋友的; V) P6 q" v9 a! l# X# s
5 f4 F& I& U: O$ C2 BI want to grow you a tree, ^4 [: J, U8 u- O% T! S1 U
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
4 W1 M9 A. Z2 F0 a1 M; @! i% JA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
, s) G: G5 T: y Y5 YBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
* Z# v3 [ Y3 @8 x8 }# y' L! nwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.7 y% O% |: o u" j- B# j
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,+ N1 U/ m6 z, d* l3 o* c
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He will understand all this about you:
8 g2 D( ]* t9 d; Y* O8 SYour fear, your hope,
& q1 w. U! @1 m& }) q& fYour kindness, your need for space.2 v8 ]' N8 X: S q# m( u% ?8 g1 k
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In your mind, you've been left before. % q: d: [3 t3 {$ O- c
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--4 I" z. E; b* G8 G- d3 ^' k
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 7 h) E- c5 N0 q F7 b) D
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. . g1 p9 R; k7 R. W
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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