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朋友劳工写给朋友的2 r$ J4 O6 V" |& U, c
5 x0 T9 V! \& OI want to grow you a tree, - W5 r" z+ J w: C3 r0 W
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
1 C. X8 S3 H4 o/ BA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 4 X8 I/ ?" |# X `, @0 H; @
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 v: }% p# U, k
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
9 k5 D$ q3 i' ?( k0 vHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,6 [) b& _9 l/ Q
, P0 A3 T: r3 Y" h5 ]He will understand all this about you:% u( B) J3 i5 \6 h
Your fear, your hope,
8 u$ l% Q0 k! ?/ ^" s* hYour kindness, your need for space.7 ^; P9 e$ p+ M, G, t! s& }, n
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In your mind, you've been left before.
; U! L: u$ v# hWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--# s- p% O: } l' I! p
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 7 s# @; A4 W2 H. m" b H* C' F
You feared you hadn't earned them. ; l9 ]7 b3 _1 N! E6 p) ~
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. . x' r0 c4 E8 p# ^- d
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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