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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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3 S0 ]% ^0 L9 w8 Z: EI want to grow you a tree,
: e2 I d$ m4 B; Y! s4 u3 v. g; e% fAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:; Q* u8 l8 A9 M( C, L
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
3 Q. S1 U- D6 B7 _A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
$ g2 e( l2 u# t. x, @9 n- ^But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
6 I. K2 u2 p6 N* T7 G! }7 a# ]' Wwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.9 y9 A. S& A- |4 X! g/ t
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- N3 ^, J& W" U
% K) I4 ^/ A3 `. A$ {/ L/ \/ T$ Z+ ?$ wHe will understand all this about you:3 s& g3 w% {' n3 O- K2 Q& K5 J6 p
Your fear, your hope,3 H' ~ p1 a$ h, G/ B
Your kindness, your need for space.: @# \; C' l, I# e# n1 E4 a
1 e! J& O) }. Y/ r" F7 K7 N& H/ a1 AIn your mind, you've been left before. / A" m8 i1 o- c
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
' J2 Q% L7 ?5 E$ z% d( yYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 9 Z. J3 z. h/ X+ K( Y0 V
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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3 D/ O/ u* r x7 ?8 J9 u' ?2 ihe will understand all this. I will understand all this. . O" W" _1 o5 [5 [
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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