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朋友劳工写给朋友的1 b! a( H; F) j7 ?. c: c
* @+ s% l! E$ S" ?I want to grow you a tree,
2 l& Y$ q: ~" S" T. sAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 5 ^6 }6 ^8 G( q+ E6 ?& t
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ; e; s: L; ?" n8 E: e$ w' [7 Z
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
$ U `) x4 F2 _$ g6 _+ _, f vwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
" V1 G+ p8 ^6 v( s2 j9 O7 Y) l4 _He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,1 I' [) U" |0 }4 ?5 a
4 f, |: M! a y% ~) p3 xHe will understand all this about you:
- d% f$ D, Z7 Y; hYour fear, your hope,/ O! s/ b" c: |: V" x
Your kindness, your need for space.7 [# e* {, b; o: k' V: D1 \6 q' ^6 Y9 u3 m
l/ ~; A2 c: U2 x0 ?( EIn your mind, you've been left before. ) F* H( w% b. k
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--. Y6 Y9 y9 B! s
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
# s3 o3 q7 M2 k6 NYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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8 L5 c F1 I+ q# {he will understand all this. I will understand all this. $ z, {% w2 s9 V# F' S
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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