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朋友劳工写给朋友的$ j5 @" x4 G9 Y& _. m3 n& k
, M9 k, t0 S' O& [5 E9 }I want to grow you a tree, 0 J9 O, I/ j) P- E8 H4 E- C- ^7 Y
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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) j2 r5 R* c* V XA husband you've never met, but someday will,
P1 a, k) |4 s( h" CA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
6 R% M" R5 A; VBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,4 ~$ c- p5 t: N( N3 B
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
6 C8 o8 m5 z s9 [He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,9 H; O; N7 Y5 P0 t* {
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He will understand all this about you:1 v# n2 L2 Y% L n2 Z
Your fear, your hope,
" ]1 R! d6 l5 l+ g7 }1 a+ m* G& qYour kindness, your need for space.# i( j* B% J! q0 O) g
8 r% D* n) g( C9 L0 `In your mind, you've been left before. 3 t7 N# N# m B; A% l* l
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--3 Q& u1 g2 A' u- c! F+ S
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 9 @: i3 P- h* T
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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|1 }6 R% z5 ]7 }% y: p4 yhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. , @! ^- F: ~( t
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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