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朋友劳工写给朋友的: M( ] Z, Q8 I0 Q3 c" u3 }3 N7 h
9 O& {6 D( v& W* R9 ]I want to grow you a tree,
6 f+ B/ u2 }4 X; O F" h8 JAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
5 M7 X8 [6 C3 `3 wA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, q7 `1 K. h; @: |% x
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,9 C* N M8 ~! d% e/ ?+ o1 m/ |
watching you, protecting your fragile smile./ Z. j" @6 ~5 r5 P
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,7 d$ B6 b' @) p
8 R1 A2 y. z) B5 H& f: C& n2 NHe will understand all this about you:' t6 ]9 u$ z5 p, n$ d
Your fear, your hope,
9 [3 o. y0 Y0 W& H7 z+ Q- J) dYour kindness, your need for space.: b6 f% T) @) Z- q3 V
; |' o: Q. r1 r, rIn your mind, you've been left before. 7 D2 P Q6 ` U7 a
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--% a' m3 n6 V+ S }/ E. U9 Z, M* G/ q
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
7 u2 C; J/ R) YYou feared you hadn't earned them. 3 H4 f% V& W. A' p
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ! v9 G% J+ ]: d+ {
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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