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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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6 e8 X9 w+ ^( ?5 {7 E" |- h8 oI want to grow you a tree, 2 h: P# \" E# A, Z/ B) B. @
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:+ P. I2 C5 y& i. X" N, d1 ^9 Y
% S2 I- B; N' Y5 w! oA husband you've never met, but someday will,
" P/ _ g$ i d. d% u8 E: A6 ~- wA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 7 O5 O1 M5 q3 ~; V3 k, G
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,; U1 Y4 P3 u u2 v% @1 F
watching you, protecting your fragile smile. T3 i* t6 \# q: m( m
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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7 Q1 D% ^7 f: f* NHe will understand all this about you:
4 }& k, `6 a$ p# o5 I8 EYour fear, your hope,
* `) S; g9 z# C N9 y# sYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
; {% {9 S0 r! ]5 XWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
+ N7 G. x( G% k7 K% lYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 9 j$ E7 G! H% Y' ~ n6 u
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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3 _; i- B( _7 B0 J% xhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. $ i2 W3 v% x( L: u( j- o6 c
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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