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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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9 a# d2 n& D' g' J/ yI want to grow you a tree,
) [1 L) T4 c/ j6 TAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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. D, i. o+ q6 }# c$ |# MA husband you've never met, but someday will,
- P$ v9 F# I" h2 ~3 `% ?! `A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, % z: Z; I- I7 o9 R0 d- p& W
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
) n: L! {$ y) gwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
! ~$ ~/ e3 J8 G3 w* SHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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' F# r3 n5 Q- Q7 D2 kHe will understand all this about you:
5 D, Q. U4 u% ]: [Your fear, your hope,2 j5 `5 |4 B6 f% S
Your kindness, your need for space.1 ]6 R) {2 e- P: A- v+ l! o8 e
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In your mind, you've been left before. + C. j% S2 D$ v/ c1 S" i7 c: q3 N
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--; o. ? F$ o2 h! j1 w0 R( R. S
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
2 D8 g& @( M: RYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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2 g' K9 G" C2 H W# N$ Jhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. + I! a& X. G# C- ^ l* \) G4 ~2 P3 w! S
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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