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朋友劳工写给朋友的2 L, p, | X4 P# M! ]) V* ~0 s
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I want to grow you a tree, ; m1 B8 @2 f3 O) u: `0 ?0 t
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, , Y1 X7 y1 `; [" O) X4 N0 j7 O
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
4 X: q) }4 B9 k9 [2 bBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
1 c/ E- u" g. E( X) D, O/ Pwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
5 d5 m3 }) |# b; n8 G0 e; LHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,1 Y3 L( u7 b7 f! J4 \" y9 m
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He will understand all this about you:
1 r5 L/ M8 R2 ^' a4 X+ }Your fear, your hope,
- X8 d! w5 S: O7 x% ?/ r' \Your kindness, your need for space.8 c$ n+ \. ~) \1 F
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In your mind, you've been left before. 8 J0 N6 w( w2 V2 _9 c
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--6 J# ]* T9 D5 F$ h$ x0 P+ W& e, }
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
0 E7 Q! ~) h' KYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. / S) S# j0 G% r5 u/ K$ X8 W: M
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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