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朋友劳工写给朋友的3 F2 m1 K% a" \' y' f
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I want to grow you a tree, 4 J/ a, b- v* C* h) z
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:" S, \; q4 [( J
4 q9 c+ n; M" r6 k0 VA husband you've never met, but someday will, - a7 ^. Y3 ?& i5 F( c, p
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, : u. ~$ j; t9 l: e5 ^
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
$ [) V* F/ J0 Cwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
6 b( v6 _+ `3 }1 ]) Z% lHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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- }3 U7 c5 h G! [! L w3 L0 oHe will understand all this about you:; t# J8 B$ C+ ]' P8 e
Your fear, your hope,5 q# w4 p8 G* p
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. 7 O5 J- U. _; r
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--& w9 m) d% [' A3 x1 ?/ j3 z) p* @9 ?3 X
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
* A3 z0 h6 A f4 n$ KYou feared you hadn't earned them. & Q9 m; X7 V" \+ \
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
/ E: H, n' C2 V' FGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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