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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, + x" P2 k! S) ], V
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
. K% H- I K/ N0 wBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,7 l2 O# z* c" _3 |. X; K5 d0 k
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.- Q# S& O3 }5 @! A- @! E
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,6 {0 E- [* Q/ r1 ?
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He will understand all this about you:
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# ^* K: z$ ~% E& CIn your mind, you've been left before.
1 I7 j) K: b" _5 V1 J6 VWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--$ u5 B0 q5 K0 B
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
0 \+ G8 Z! g( Q) e2 ~& JYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 1 H" P; y* m# u- ~3 f
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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