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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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a$ ^$ _) s! F* b/ q ^I want to grow you a tree,
5 N( ?: e$ m) ]. f4 Y3 d1 D8 _And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:+ w2 e1 h$ ^* n$ H& r
I7 k/ c6 g' b! ]# u/ U' J! jA husband you've never met, but someday will, - N- j K4 k. n9 U+ C
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, " I% n/ q6 k: h) x8 D( t
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,' I3 x& ~! Z: D3 a+ v L( y
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
: B1 ]8 w5 a' i2 \) g7 l7 _$ S6 x( [# FHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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3 N7 N: n$ M* h7 l7 z- HHe will understand all this about you:# F$ t4 g7 C) E' m! e a$ V8 K1 Q
Your fear, your hope,6 w5 T% `- h1 ]0 D
Your kindness, your need for space.
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) |6 G( q9 `- m( YIn your mind, you've been left before. a0 d5 N# N- u% ]( G! O0 N
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--9 r3 ]# M8 i6 b+ `( _" P M9 @4 b
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ) F( C' D; k: P h# w9 S
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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1 d/ h# ?6 l) J! T9 Y# ~ Bhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. # c/ h( p, y4 v2 A
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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