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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, * p0 W0 \: u8 n2 g: a& P7 v8 y
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:8 E* j# l3 A4 f% u
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
7 p& t/ ?2 e' `A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
0 Q; F" P% @3 p. }$ G' bBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
6 X0 b0 ]2 g" y3 zwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
" s/ `. s9 d* d( D! i1 J: yHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
# e- P1 }; r' g2 ^1 c# x/ ^Your fear, your hope,
& T8 S: ]" N# k* F! s u; WYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. 1 M$ W4 z" K+ G4 A
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
% f5 x' q* H7 h5 GYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
( o8 v1 x" c3 ]4 }/ c" b' T# ^You feared you hadn't earned them. 1 g( H5 X" {% [: \/ {6 D
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. / r- Q6 H3 j6 E' n' @* S
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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