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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
2 R( j' }" j) I7 OAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 3 D' e) y D9 u: B3 ?: l8 h
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
- |( }/ n) _& N8 B/ a" [, D- LBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
" I0 |( V! x# r" ywatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
" s6 {& A3 c& S6 l3 mHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
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Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. ' v' M% }+ ?. {
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
' B% g5 H2 s* g" pYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, " d/ M2 K: T5 z5 C
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
5 K4 w4 B: ^* o0 VGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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