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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, " }/ R( q! S0 j2 u
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
" D2 ^) i; }; o, i7 Q, A8 `& jA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
" D+ I/ Y% V: q: o8 U2 W" bBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake, N% f. t4 F: z2 \% g1 i- B
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
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He will understand all this about you: ]- T3 u' u" w y) h
Your fear, your hope,. u9 c$ Q2 Q) w, `# B/ U
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
& i" S3 Q J) vWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
9 W1 R7 K; Q& w" h5 a( xYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
- `% i2 S. ~; c+ X7 Y) tYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
) R, H! |- L4 k, ?: gGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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