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朋友劳工写给朋友的$ J' y% \4 E9 F+ f
* i v5 X3 H' v& F7 Z" q% g4 JI want to grow you a tree,
8 M/ p& |0 G' p% B( `2 iAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:6 H2 ?6 p2 B x$ s( ~
: E9 b' K, |' \2 D+ I5 M& W8 gA husband you've never met, but someday will,
2 H& e& g: M. L" s; v" B9 IA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
: Q7 l( B$ b4 L/ u5 ^But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,9 ^. y) {5 C. o7 W
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
4 Q! [) N/ F% Z& Q3 @He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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+ Q0 Y" [/ o: K" P- wHe will understand all this about you:
2 i- \' S7 A' x( eYour fear, your hope,
+ @- V) f# q W+ @% z$ g0 D& OYour kindness, your need for space.3 q3 |6 e {# f+ _9 \( X) T" A
# t$ p; F& V/ V# |7 n& a+ J8 nIn your mind, you've been left before.
, L" A" L H' L% D, v3 FWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--, q! R, V: N1 s/ v- X$ B1 }
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
) i) n: s1 Z3 f1 O- P) c+ @You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
2 t! _; y2 @: W# q6 WGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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