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朋友劳工写给朋友的0 [, y3 e1 c. Y- l$ I
6 ]- J, A* e" s- S8 V. pI want to grow you a tree, 7 r' I' V. c5 D n3 C1 r
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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. @9 e5 z: }7 l0 O, tA husband you've never met, but someday will, 4 z( J" t8 c( z; Y: c
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
2 m n. s" q# M' C2 uBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
s0 r, O, E& w- o- W0 _+ t+ fwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.7 i- n% E% j" C! ~, n8 T
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,, d. F) \" c8 u' i3 y3 P
, ^% ~' u* {* N" P7 G6 kHe will understand all this about you:3 D: [4 A0 ]. M2 j5 S i: G
Your fear, your hope,0 S* w) V0 |8 f" ^; H& `5 U
Your kindness, your need for space./ u' m5 O% G) {& b4 k' K
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In your mind, you've been left before.
- R. I1 M9 B' O' j( v, v! S DWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
1 {6 p" t4 O I2 I5 [You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
+ N" H+ l2 y' J- P; Q' E' BYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. . F% ^+ G% U' H+ S* d; V
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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