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朋友劳工写给朋友的- }- i! F' w# M" ~( S" @. x" W6 }
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I want to grow you a tree, + ]/ Y% `. E* I' q5 F/ c9 ~$ }
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:3 y* C1 L; z; i7 t2 @
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, . p6 n% I! m2 M. ]
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
+ o( C! r. k4 Q( {' ^0 m) b4 UBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
1 I3 H! T' _6 \# x wwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.1 _: j! {/ z$ d# D X$ Y
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:$ A, Y3 V8 ~# R# L8 S5 q# ^
Your fear, your hope," ]0 v# z5 s, X8 k5 q; ?7 I
Your kindness, your need for space.
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/ @/ B6 G( z: `, f5 Z/ [In your mind, you've been left before.
0 \8 h/ M, Y- I7 z$ X/ DWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--) N- K( s9 }* {% F+ a/ e
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ' [/ N7 s4 N* q# j2 T7 M5 Q4 z
You feared you hadn't earned them. 4 t0 s; M0 _2 J* b5 Y8 a
0 o0 w" r3 Z% ^6 }' |he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 4 U$ V: B" f+ x' a5 M
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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