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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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$ S0 u6 l0 f) J KI want to grow you a tree,
+ V, G) @4 O {8 ]And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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( Z& K, F" \/ O( D# ?A husband you've never met, but someday will, " k- W* R% V$ z
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
' ^% D4 [ K5 A' z2 `7 r9 tBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
3 }. s/ n+ {, Fwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
O; G ?9 w* t; ^$ [. O$ l/ r% {; z3 NHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- R3 ]% f; x2 U) ~$ X" s% M
1 B" r' O- G- H8 P* r* }; ]He will understand all this about you:
g1 m, ?9 P$ |7 {- `: c) U- FYour fear, your hope,) c# S/ S4 j" C
Your kindness, your need for space." w( q0 ^8 e- G
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In your mind, you've been left before.
& c$ r1 W: K5 U w2 vWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--# g/ U+ p2 f5 B& s) a; x2 T
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, * c1 S; s7 N s4 X
You feared you hadn't earned them. 8 ^: ? K! P/ ~; F0 A; H
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
& v; F2 `, ?8 \+ Q, |% U" MGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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