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朋友劳工写给朋友的" N2 f# J! @( ?; ^& n% N
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 3 |* j& u; Q/ D& B0 R. G4 @) H
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
7 v5 J7 j% Z2 n6 P+ DBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
. \9 _1 |( ]. q: ywatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
" D) ^1 ^% D0 \He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,# N# T$ q+ D; K* z0 \' x5 Z
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He will understand all this about you:
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Your kindness, your need for space.: z% \1 j& @5 O! Q( K7 }. _) c' m
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In your mind, you've been left before.
7 {. \/ S0 z6 X7 `; BWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--! C* z7 B0 o. k, e0 B
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
% s1 x& P8 W3 n* K1 q( W( K _You feared you hadn't earned them. ! ?8 T* A3 ^. H1 L
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. * E' n) k& A8 t3 }" J! \
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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