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朋友劳工写给朋友的% U8 s& i$ A' g% r; n
& }& ], D# R8 {& a; {/ F( ^I want to grow you a tree,
" E" j, b2 ]) F- Z! i* c/ e4 Q5 N9 YAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 7 a% v5 m* Q0 K+ H# M) y
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
4 x' O- @! Y+ \: F% u' b! D( `But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
5 ?. q8 }) ~) y! M$ o& l5 ~watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
: p* [/ D* X# @" g1 `' z) ?He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive, P; F4 Y( O: Q# F- Q
. a. Z: @" W6 vHe will understand all this about you:
/ {" u3 K. z' c# y, AYour fear, your hope,8 t9 ^- A6 M0 L2 ^+ }% u
Your kindness, your need for space.& C+ r4 Z. {. L: Q1 P
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In your mind, you've been left before.
' I; z; @& J! b' e2 VWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--2 M0 d" q5 C$ u" X- I
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
( u+ N# C" i! e$ D$ F0 r/ aYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 8 y9 d h5 }; D: Z x0 w
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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