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朋友劳工写给朋友的0 S8 Y6 r6 V+ }) Y: y3 R
" Z1 z3 a6 d- w/ u5 Q8 f6 V& ?I want to grow you a tree,
. P- e3 J4 h/ T# k, gAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:4 s/ e( I, ?% H. V) N5 r6 B0 v
% m, j/ v: N& x6 v6 aA husband you've never met, but someday will,
; _: i6 f: A# p; x* S. G" \A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
' i& Y) V; Q0 l8 l& n2 yBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,. O7 E$ g: j: Y9 v+ U
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
# v3 W( h* c) ~1 y+ ^% NHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- r% H- S1 P' e) V) m
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He will understand all this about you:
. o+ Y1 C0 j3 K3 i7 m6 H* nYour fear, your hope,
6 `4 C2 U- }7 E w/ { {* hYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
0 I) s/ \' S R) ~ UWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
5 ]6 t1 ]& Q; ?- v0 O, nYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
& B" \6 B1 W: {7 G3 W8 iYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 5 W+ ]9 R3 s; b1 o
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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