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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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1 m4 x8 X& [# i0 |; B: UI want to grow you a tree,
/ R2 n x( ?$ h6 u7 B8 yAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, ) R3 b# `7 _. T3 T! b
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
5 b& O# N$ h9 {/ YBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
% B; ^* {; \4 \0 a0 nwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
/ {- u' I3 B0 F& A' C1 _% ?* c) bHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive, P$ G! W% o @# [2 V; }
7 x" p+ k6 \# D$ q. KHe will understand all this about you:
! _, D7 t q$ w% B5 TYour fear, your hope,' ]; e+ x3 k( f, z
Your kindness, your need for space.8 e. L# A B8 X0 j: z: n* q
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In your mind, you've been left before.
: r: j- n& z L4 f7 U( w# o; [We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
- C: p R/ b: W5 r% v! S6 ]! cYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 l, J: y. D# ^9 E9 E1 ^$ rYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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8 t0 z7 f. X" g1 Y8 Whe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
' Y) |3 a! ~: S+ M( q0 {God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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