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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
* D5 u; Z+ f2 _2 rAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:; A# @" P* w. a' j4 Y [
0 d; N6 B9 ?5 ^A husband you've never met, but someday will,
( J8 w7 x- j1 A! l9 hA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, - h. |- \3 O4 q) \" V+ s8 }$ M! u
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
/ m3 g2 d1 c; Nwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.) ?" o/ m+ B% e( R
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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* J7 `: }; e. b W$ ^He will understand all this about you:9 G* e+ U$ a; b1 w5 T1 Y
Your fear, your hope,5 g# T0 \- r. T# U7 O
Your kindness, your need for space.
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% S0 P/ Y, ~, d8 r* QIn your mind, you've been left before. 7 \# @0 A9 R8 Z* I) I
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--7 @0 m' c4 [- y" J
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, % K. y- i+ }% d+ b5 T; z) M
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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$ v8 g) H% K$ W' m0 J/ m, @7 She will understand all this. I will understand all this. ' P6 Y2 d" P: ]) v2 b
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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