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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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0 T. B5 t8 n' p$ B) pI want to grow you a tree, . S5 s. Z0 V2 N+ H/ h/ B" a
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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i4 M" @0 t7 T' _% LA husband you've never met, but someday will,
: E3 ^& |" n; F4 C9 B# oA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
0 P1 N2 G1 k* \! ABut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
+ K# S/ M7 K; q9 xwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
, C/ Y8 I6 O# w0 `+ h yHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,8 W0 p7 p" V, H1 B. U- i
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He will understand all this about you:
& Y; x6 ?# b2 k1 vYour fear, your hope,
. H( W l/ g( vYour kindness, your need for space.
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. D# i$ u& T2 p4 {( Z {% C5 W+ |. fIn your mind, you've been left before.
% [. V! O8 X, F/ z0 aWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
% V% V1 G z( _2 y7 ~6 G5 b5 yYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, & s% F3 E# s4 U9 ]+ @3 C. ?( U- y
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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0 _0 ^2 Q: U8 D/ v" f1 k/ }; vhe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
8 l/ r$ R. Z- G( h. jGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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