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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, Z. g N2 r3 U; [0 U9 Z
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:* S# I: }0 W: S/ A
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, , g0 W7 ^9 f5 p+ V$ i
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
! ?( A3 Y/ T& `9 ~+ }6 oBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 Z! e( P4 {+ x
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
3 d4 Y4 H2 u6 x1 \4 L* h6 t3 [+ BHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,; a8 A- o7 ]# O" V! q5 L8 [
7 m: y5 R) U$ J1 \- LHe will understand all this about you:6 m7 B5 l" v# G# f$ s( L; c
Your fear, your hope,- m9 Y$ i2 S2 b# w+ @" j
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. , P, J9 C: D) y$ |' g
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
9 U0 B7 b" P4 cYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
$ T+ z- h% W" _) [& vYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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/ h4 ?8 N2 f4 k$ w: ^7 H: @# c8 u) She will understand all this. I will understand all this.
, l. v1 v. ~& U% O3 rGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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