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朋友劳工写给朋友的5 j3 R& U0 Z1 q1 E4 j; G8 [
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I want to grow you a tree, # S" I n Y& Y( c, m8 r8 ?
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:1 L5 b. j2 e7 z; |# ^) C! f5 b1 |
1 o) [1 i) Z( AA husband you've never met, but someday will, " k7 j: j: P7 A2 i3 k! z
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, & ?0 K+ h5 l& `: @
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
1 @( E) d, v ?- I8 Rwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.% |% W' h: o8 Q S3 A1 Z, J7 N
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
4 C( R( K9 P# @- rYour fear, your hope,
+ T) x) P# t0 |+ `' @1 ?8 ]5 EYour kindness, your need for space.
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, ~6 c5 F+ V6 v( v+ q NIn your mind, you've been left before.
/ Z- C& W/ y, g% k/ ]3 k8 PWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
3 [# ]7 b2 C9 `You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, + d s V l* c) C* R
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
% X: E, P+ j' SGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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