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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ) P0 R, \* a0 u* o$ j% K
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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4 k" L+ }$ |) N- D$ u- gA husband you've never met, but someday will, ' s. E2 T% |7 w2 L+ C- X. R
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
# B! |3 ~8 B$ P" X; [. ]4 @But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
9 p/ g- j. }8 E1 U) i7 k( ~watching you, protecting your fragile smile.# V Y6 d. B3 Y% c
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,# d7 z% o& m7 t9 Z8 \; x2 a8 R
" L% W, B1 q# C1 Z4 n' g& }He will understand all this about you:# p9 Q$ q; Q% a; B2 f
Your fear, your hope,
2 l3 n; F2 t4 Q9 u# W8 qYour kindness, your need for space.3 Y/ z1 q: M0 B7 y; x2 w% G+ X( ]+ p
" }! k9 W+ H, |2 J/ b0 ^3 q! BIn your mind, you've been left before. " a/ ^( _6 A2 K( [( E9 b9 T
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
$ ]7 ^# @) b( Q9 mYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
3 j. n1 i! X+ g: H: FYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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" L( z' ?6 c1 C6 g9 d6 Dhe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
& y. ~, o7 z4 |/ c; TGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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