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朋友劳工写给朋友的6 v. E$ f2 L' r
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I want to grow you a tree, ; p6 N6 g! M, g& u, P! {# [ a
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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1 i2 i$ [! ?2 J6 D0 CA husband you've never met, but someday will,
8 [) B, a$ l/ A( ~A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, - @( a' G7 T" Q2 A/ r1 r
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 Q. V) B2 u& l1 Z3 ^# K- m0 s% W- k
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
, E9 i+ N; h& r6 j2 ?He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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: @2 j4 Z3 x$ m4 p. vHe will understand all this about you:9 m4 t& r* D9 `9 ]$ J& j
Your fear, your hope,7 i7 M. ^* c W n; y% q
Your kindness, your need for space.7 X8 u3 o9 u" Y& k5 w7 s# z# m
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In your mind, you've been left before.
+ ~) b0 m; c" O, T5 DWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
9 f/ C3 g! t% [2 \6 }7 Y3 e" x# gYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, E! |; Z S7 P! q: w( z4 D
You feared you hadn't earned them. # u0 u9 U7 ?# r3 `6 P! j9 @4 W
# C( f& U! Q' |% Y- {7 X9 vhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. & f* ~2 h( n5 t$ N: s- o
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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