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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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* n' c* N- i% i0 }9 ZI want to grow you a tree, - E- h2 x3 B7 ?# p7 K
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:: t7 J0 B0 i! q0 ~
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, ; v% e& m% X& N9 v
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 2 |9 f$ L' \! o. N2 d+ }( f$ b' B2 J. j
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' X! M( D0 d' bwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.: e. r& }( O& s! R/ y
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,6 b- x- v% \: r: B& B% I9 g3 x
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He will understand all this about you:7 d$ Z) Z& [7 R+ ?/ u6 Q. w
Your fear, your hope,6 @* b9 r- Z' u! b3 g; K7 A0 p
Your kindness, your need for space.& a G8 N; F" ~0 U
' \, O* u/ d( r: c7 w! WIn your mind, you've been left before.
6 h8 G) ?+ ~6 j, e. X1 T0 P' mWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--+ o4 K- j) G: J/ K
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ( A$ q' j% l4 R+ g A* ?6 K
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
8 p& R& D6 Q' B/ yGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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