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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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+ y5 O# Q: G" l; Z" P+ KI want to grow you a tree,
% `) s9 A: E2 l4 w, A, }And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:7 m A% Q6 W U* O2 b J- B! ]6 k
5 E6 y5 t/ K& M( b# U6 NA husband you've never met, but someday will, ' X4 w+ u( q2 z
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 9 p) q: y8 `" T; ~8 v8 m, G
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
: v5 t, l1 s/ [6 U2 bwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
V0 ~- ?! M+ d WHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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4 M7 v$ [4 d5 V0 C5 MHe will understand all this about you: g8 A/ I! P; F7 S
Your fear, your hope,
+ Q# M1 u& O1 ?- z# SYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. $ a, w/ s. ]8 U/ j$ F# W
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--2 v( N2 R g! j( V9 d- }& C
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 3 K6 j9 a: }6 | S) O& ^
You feared you hadn't earned them. . w' V& b$ m: G, Q- b
9 t3 P T: _: S* P/ D, Fhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. S1 U9 ]( c- u+ G5 \$ T, w
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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