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朋友劳工写给朋友的3 m: R. d! G l" ?5 u
5 G, G4 {+ f( m. f4 {I want to grow you a tree,
; S w; j0 P1 i2 xAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:! x9 q+ x5 Z$ ]$ z
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 1 ^6 B8 g0 h7 y M, V
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
8 J' s3 P2 J6 a+ i4 ^, l# z9 ABut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
) \7 i4 O+ C1 C+ ^: M P2 `watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
- @' m3 [! C' I' R3 U8 O& XHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,/ G- X; X# H4 ~& e6 V" p. D. t
; J7 R8 \2 @5 C+ k: Q- JHe will understand all this about you: `- u" _7 c1 M
Your fear, your hope,
( j/ L9 d$ h! H+ a9 k( AYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. / {! z8 h5 J6 K0 _% E, e
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
' |. s% ]7 V0 oYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, , P3 L f9 r, m6 {- T( |
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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' q2 [$ Q) [/ y) f7 c0 Dhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. , Z0 f5 b% q9 F' o. N
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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