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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ( V% S" ]# H: Y3 v
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:3 R7 @% Y$ G% y( v' r- ?& Z3 i
& H3 m4 n6 I* oA husband you've never met, but someday will,
7 ~7 g% c& h; O4 o7 vA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
* N ?% P/ Z* _: vBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,) y' a( e% a; v3 c
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.$ g6 r! o9 x. {% ^
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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* N' b7 W( I& l% G) I* O' o- s3 [He will understand all this about you:9 s9 B2 `& I* g' h, X
Your fear, your hope,
1 \/ z! @3 j3 Q1 @Your kindness, your need for space.5 _- M$ @9 ?' z# b s# T
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In your mind, you've been left before. ' {( I$ g ?( I: q) t8 T
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--) w" ]0 B8 a1 W3 J
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, * Y1 K7 U* t/ I* E. _5 T
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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1 y0 Q5 N$ k* @* Uhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. % q* O( D& f z |! ]! D$ R
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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