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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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0 ?8 H8 T2 n* X( g; t0 pI want to grow you a tree, $ s" w$ A8 v0 G5 a+ ?
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:7 a! D% p0 z" F; N, N( ]
& [& c$ O i1 Q7 \A husband you've never met, but someday will,
% m9 q3 [: `! VA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
5 o, y7 W. L: v0 u6 u# uBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
( A8 c: j: ^4 b7 ~! f" X. [7 Ewatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
( D& L# T- ^- G M. j2 P! J5 [He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,) B# b" W; {) U6 N
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He will understand all this about you:
- B5 M2 J+ u7 `* W) |8 X& YYour fear, your hope,4 E5 C. m+ A1 Q! I
Your kindness, your need for space.
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8 O; U4 J3 v c; hIn your mind, you've been left before.
% B! v/ u, A6 JWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--, s. M5 \# V0 q9 `, D
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ( f, O( L: I7 A. s7 s& `
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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5 e; E, v. q: ]: H. nhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. ) }# p9 Q! ?% R; ]% W
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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