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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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3 @, ^( r; r% v9 _4 ^6 CI want to grow you a tree,
9 R( r5 q1 r- EAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:, e7 h: \' a6 w
1 y) \+ ]/ O8 n' r: UA husband you've never met, but someday will,
% |6 R. O3 n! ?2 H' F2 `; R4 B+ HA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ' q B+ c5 Q; q4 N2 n3 r
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
, R6 ~* S8 A8 i7 z) jwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.8 k* a: ~% b% g* t6 E% g
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
0 Q, l: u/ _ zYour fear, your hope,
) c5 C+ s6 h/ `" sYour kindness, your need for space.
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4 T6 c$ I5 x* y2 n- eIn your mind, you've been left before.
" ~7 b/ M& Z$ f' w/ x3 `! |We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
x( z; `& M3 P) M$ L! J, N7 GYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
, u+ A+ v" {0 M e3 z" N/ q6 Z# oYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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$ y; K' `9 H" d$ a) f. O! ?1 k/ Rhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. ! h& S: ?. B0 j8 c1 T$ t
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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