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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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7 j- h1 a& W/ m% LI want to grow you a tree,
$ I, N& h" q9 t7 M% @; tAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:. f; H4 \5 u$ k4 I! j
/ f/ j) R F; C1 @A husband you've never met, but someday will,
8 S1 m8 n0 `7 R. J9 ^ E+ |+ [- uA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
& d8 l" ~) y3 k# q6 ~But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' s* _1 ~' P6 \watching you, protecting your fragile smile.! W6 O$ f0 ]& G; C! U( F) j$ A
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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# ` W" x* L$ m' O6 SHe will understand all this about you:
# C6 u; F4 J& _8 \Your fear, your hope,
( [& C# [6 \: i* M0 H1 {. f# cYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. . s e# P8 b3 M u
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
3 e% ]/ K4 N3 ~9 l" H# q, tYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
3 _: Q* s& f$ x* x1 [You feared you hadn't earned them.
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4 ]1 e% O( t0 b2 b; t: the will understand all this. I will understand all this. 2 {! t% {; e# U k5 Q: Z( F+ j% Y
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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