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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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* p7 i$ k6 q: W V; ^, rI want to grow you a tree, - `' ]+ `* T' m% L# K# c
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:' Q6 n1 j# i' r
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
, @4 j- M2 f# W N/ y4 b4 uA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, : W1 [& L9 S( B. ^9 h3 j+ e
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
9 f; ]: X4 X+ nwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
3 F6 s$ T5 w Z- {# t* RHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:3 W$ M( x& v+ M8 ~
Your fear, your hope,0 R- m6 R5 a9 x; s; M: ~+ d6 M
Your kindness, your need for space.8 A$ K. s& ^( G, R- ^' t9 T7 e: D0 h
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In your mind, you've been left before. ! H+ a; n B8 S- ^% v
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--/ n! e, \) s" R# r7 h
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
6 I6 K8 w6 K- H% fYou feared you hadn't earned them. 8 [7 r1 b9 c! j" h# L3 Z- G
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 5 X4 e/ c8 T. p1 L
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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