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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, 0 J4 t5 l. ?: `; }4 ^. p5 c/ j
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:+ p: `9 Q) K6 R4 p# K' `
( d6 I; Y/ ?# M( N- oA husband you've never met, but someday will,
/ ^6 b' r9 C2 z/ A0 SA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
& }% ?- G# `) _But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,2 A! a( Y) z* H$ J' P4 z
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.! c) D& l% _8 |: ^4 I) y
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:! w2 N3 y9 C, g$ z X, L: ?
Your fear, your hope,
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; d$ k1 L0 o5 [' X: S% `3 UIn your mind, you've been left before.
0 j. N% }3 u9 K; e' o' W6 d# bWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--. h7 J& c' `+ M' u7 |- T
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 8 Z: ? O' O* z
You feared you hadn't earned them. ) C; W! ?0 j- d/ ^5 r- w1 K
% m. L0 J6 K2 \7 V6 H V/ [: ]he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 4 P6 u# f# F! z6 a& T: |
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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