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朋友劳工写给朋友的4 X' C& |6 R3 J3 k
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I want to grow you a tree,
5 r. @, J' N* X) kAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
. k" U9 N8 D$ G5 C0 Z) z/ Y3 y$ qA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
. k/ z" J% f* R; @# H8 I3 rBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
$ r+ E% R- c2 ~0 ]watching you, protecting your fragile smile. e+ P8 V6 x! z1 Z6 r" O) u2 a3 L
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,: d+ l) s" P& ^- i) G$ n3 Y
6 |8 n4 q; Z# ?He will understand all this about you:
W4 @' O0 a" g! ?; _* n9 OYour fear, your hope,4 V* N( P! u& m# F! R5 \/ B" f x7 L/ ~
Your kindness, your need for space.! u0 d# D' q, B; d# @0 `! \$ A
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In your mind, you've been left before.
; o: ]$ n3 |6 ?2 G' t- C4 |We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
. K. v4 n; s( xYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 0 l. m. m# O; b. O; m1 b2 |/ C
You feared you hadn't earned them. ; H6 v& }: K% L/ T- s+ Q* i$ ~0 \( x
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 2 U k' Y1 j9 d1 ]. N; h, Y4 l
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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