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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, % D$ c4 ` H5 |9 l5 s6 ^
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:, `' _ V! R6 L+ z! {' A6 w
7 A+ V8 p- x$ ^5 b U* _A husband you've never met, but someday will,
3 [8 |2 C, x" O. wA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
. A: a- x8 W6 U/ pBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
$ T# m. Q3 B0 x, T! P1 T) |watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
2 o" H' W- R4 P, |" Y" z. xHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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2 B& s1 F/ A# g6 R: YHe will understand all this about you:
7 V! {$ @8 M8 r; DYour fear, your hope," [' w% A3 C# H
Your kindness, your need for space.4 X7 D( F7 W6 Z2 N) F: `
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In your mind, you've been left before. " |' T0 ]7 T' [0 C: J: |4 x
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
! R6 G1 B2 @9 O7 T7 YYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, & b% {8 |& k6 E$ j1 C# s
You feared you hadn't earned them. " L% r3 F( r8 ^
4 P, Q6 q7 o! F% xhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 4 Q% q9 N( @) H! [2 e e1 u
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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