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朋友劳工写给朋友的 l! d% g& b @) o, d
1 [0 R* i: E8 Q: j; ]9 GI want to grow you a tree, : f* d4 l- F4 x2 M. I7 g
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
y- R0 a2 ?4 M1 TA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
) q+ c [0 v, jBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,1 S8 i0 s, D g3 s, S1 g4 M8 D
watching you, protecting your fragile smile./ K1 @4 `$ n l- |# b, c: q, b
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,* c$ V0 a2 \& I
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He will understand all this about you:
1 E ? w5 D! x( L' lYour fear, your hope,
( D: q8 M1 O R- T" mYour kindness, your need for space.5 J$ E6 L$ N9 s5 E$ a
5 B! C# @/ K+ n/ M$ W, ]In your mind, you've been left before.
4 D3 j+ z* @& s- B3 bWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
) _; ?% F; T. I5 Y, gYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, * L6 p# S* X$ U$ M
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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0 I* ?. q/ o, h+ Hhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. & ^" f7 A+ \3 z+ {
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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