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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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. [2 S6 W' p5 Z' C8 II want to grow you a tree,
$ \6 k) S* w* b B3 e7 iAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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3 g6 g; s1 F' D+ j6 y+ F& M' rA husband you've never met, but someday will, & O3 W7 _1 _1 u6 I6 j3 O
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ( ^% O. q- ~+ @, v& ?: x, c$ O, G
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,9 l$ S+ j0 B2 R: @0 c: N" O B
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.. V/ w# Z4 k+ J/ R* u
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,6 ~: C" n$ j2 i. T
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He will understand all this about you:3 V b# V* ]) _- B) j
Your fear, your hope,$ l( |+ K! p* `3 _9 m' Y+ y- |3 p
Your kindness, your need for space.' V0 Y. Q. g2 p
8 s2 S. g* x! V3 l P6 y5 m1 Z; n; w% E7 tIn your mind, you've been left before. # k* ]" G$ e- ^5 ?* K5 r) z2 J+ }) H
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
, Y+ u1 H5 V& @1 t1 t8 y* `You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ' F5 I. N1 J0 i: C) c6 |
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. b- V! ~& i9 F2 m
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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