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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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. R* k2 W( s, OI want to grow you a tree, 4 M0 k1 f) o' G+ o
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 9 m4 ^5 ~2 Z: |/ D' ?) J
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, + R7 o! @3 ^1 l9 H+ g4 O0 T
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
: o- C# \9 p" _9 ~% x: kwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.. a P- o6 N3 u: r( @' M' B, `
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,; y# k9 q9 t Q0 C& P' o6 P- b
' {+ x4 d9 {% [3 wHe will understand all this about you:" b; H: a1 ~& P1 X+ F( C3 [9 H
Your fear, your hope,) \, o" K0 a9 U8 z8 U( a7 W" O9 {
Your kindness, your need for space.
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% h, g5 l1 P$ ]2 e6 q2 jIn your mind, you've been left before.
( V4 Z1 A3 O$ ?0 yWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--. X/ c- h* r) \+ R- t3 {7 I
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, h1 e. n7 l. }- F# e |
You feared you hadn't earned them. 4 a2 z5 U" ^) F `, j5 q
% Y7 ^, X, F* `; _he will understand all this. I will understand all this. : q- t1 b! [7 Q5 g, b" C' D
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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