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朋友劳工写给朋友的8 b9 D) n- L" p# c0 @2 z* t
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I want to grow you a tree,
# N" k0 J) b" B6 O+ \# Z9 gAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:2 z/ W) ]6 }% ?( c0 }4 a/ V! i. r
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
, M$ b2 m2 `) K6 ~A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, / ]1 u/ Y& C+ g& ]/ m
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,$ {* l2 Y7 j4 u* L
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
8 i' [% a( I) Z& HHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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, w, i. ^; E/ g$ D, uHe will understand all this about you:; f7 }2 l4 C4 e7 B
Your fear, your hope,! h+ p% I% T& `, d' g- x
Your kindness, your need for space.8 q6 i( Y9 g. J6 Z( c
+ G1 J+ {4 F0 X7 }In your mind, you've been left before.
1 n8 ?6 t ^; v& ]9 j# v/ }We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
9 B. x' z; l1 [" o/ Z$ ?( e3 qYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
- E( c" x+ v% C+ B- ~& d+ |You feared you hadn't earned them. + }' G3 X+ ~& v% g% P
, k1 J' c$ v! X fhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. * S5 a% W& `! X2 T. t1 e0 _6 F
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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