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朋友劳工写给朋友的- M# p' N& N: }" B5 s6 H( `
* u; `5 [1 c" `I want to grow you a tree,
+ g1 N7 \& P7 q* LAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:5 w3 n6 \: z1 W/ P
. r" x( }( }+ f, H5 P- HA husband you've never met, but someday will, + p2 K N+ C3 M0 U+ G9 m) B
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
" m, O$ \4 G% U. t" x7 v) N4 J' LBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 E+ }( N' _* {) H- _
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
- t1 y |6 r% o; `! o9 b5 PHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
- e& W2 q5 y+ Q9 f' f6 p, s) u; }Your fear, your hope,4 B P' L& i9 e* c4 o: H/ Q( Y) F
Your kindness, your need for space.
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6 A0 O, h, l \% fIn your mind, you've been left before.
" M. {- e R/ h- W- w: Q" M( oWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--8 }$ ^) @. n! p, [
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
$ C( Q5 w/ g2 e: `You feared you hadn't earned them. 6 h) L+ W& F g
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. , O% W/ y! d, M7 B# U8 X
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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