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朋友劳工写给朋友的; Z7 }; v) O) Q5 B4 O' I( k7 j
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I want to grow you a tree,
/ R0 p/ I, k U. LAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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$ l( a& ?# H# m; z* Q) p. ]A husband you've never met, but someday will, ! ]' @& ]; T/ z M7 M# N" ~
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
+ E1 l1 p4 j: Z6 z( T! K7 BBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
, W0 w1 C. M* i K5 {; lwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.+ V0 g1 o1 w' c5 A, E
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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4 Q6 x% y9 e) x m3 L% GHe will understand all this about you:$ |# x4 N3 k# q2 n2 l2 w, s
Your fear, your hope,
; r) J0 p& w$ @( d( p; MYour kindness, your need for space.6 M, [( i0 ^" Y/ h- A7 U# A
q7 p! {* o5 z( ?1 L _In your mind, you've been left before. $ l# n) e" r/ v4 K; b5 Y- X
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--* R H* R4 f$ b# y& R
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
* b' _- V" L* }' y" t% P# pYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
& `% U5 y. P9 ~" [God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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