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朋友劳工写给朋友的9 E( g/ T; ~% `6 B; a' }
3 J2 T" S: }( q$ W& n- l6 v& tI want to grow you a tree, 5 Q# I# p2 I" Y3 P- E
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:; S9 K2 ?* h# P5 t4 {! @
/ S# E* S% j5 X" D2 BA husband you've never met, but someday will,
( f; K [9 I& P, c5 fA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, + o, u3 S* j U# p, Z7 f/ a
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
. z J! k9 i% n% U M& i; Ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile., I# l0 x) G1 g; X, ?8 A, ]
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
6 v- K9 V. q( UYour fear, your hope,
: x+ b. s8 l6 f: {& Z; P4 V: S( cYour kindness, your need for space.1 }5 u: _3 i. H' W- g& c$ L
1 y. G3 T8 L$ M( XIn your mind, you've been left before. . ~& E8 I! Z: o+ f; A7 y2 k
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--8 D7 k' M ]$ ?/ C1 L2 n8 p0 p
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
7 A9 y+ @; T! r: |- R! G) KYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
+ X1 @% m& y: S7 t2 Z+ LGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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