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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ' J# l* ?) v" R& Y
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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0 d6 ]/ M W9 H( N* g' t2 sA husband you've never met, but someday will,
9 A1 z# L- A/ v. o V6 l; h; IA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
* h9 k6 I# ^. LBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 P: E! l* e5 F- C! I: q$ q
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.5 O3 l. W3 w9 p) G; N
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:) s8 y# I1 Q6 _4 r. l0 N2 R8 R
Your fear, your hope,* w4 o' W8 \, _5 N" ?- o5 D
Your kindness, your need for space.6 b) v9 f& o% `& H
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In your mind, you've been left before.
/ t) a' f g, x$ B( rWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--4 o. r( Y; e$ b: P& }5 D) T
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
6 [ G9 `1 V/ d$ D% n* ~You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. - N* e. t6 H- t4 u' s
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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