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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
) U% u! Z/ z: W2 eAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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; M/ [9 W) n8 _! H. L' VA husband you've never met, but someday will,
0 F1 j# [8 z1 z! }! G; tA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 3 b" [" ^" Q$ A. _# R$ ^! V' X
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 `/ R# m0 f4 f3 J5 L; y F
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.6 l: i2 M9 p7 I% R% O. u1 R' k
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- [: ^2 n$ F @* ?+ f
6 M- Z, n z+ i+ X/ }He will understand all this about you:; o2 [) c; w. a. N0 e
Your fear, your hope,
6 H" U, ~$ M6 }6 b' _Your kindness, your need for space.
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/ e: `3 B; b _! zIn your mind, you've been left before.
9 U4 y# X# \7 x p- ^We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
' n( E# D& B7 A8 ?You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 8 ]' ~ @2 W) o: j! L! o: v5 U
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
# J) S3 j0 h l Z3 AGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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