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朋友劳工写给朋友的) P/ v" v+ P& |3 U; q/ s" _
; Y& j D% E# `3 Q8 b- U, X5 PI want to grow you a tree, 4 \% a+ Q7 W1 T
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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! K) D! ~7 j. }9 `" lA husband you've never met, but someday will, 9 C9 p( f1 X7 f W$ _/ s* Y2 d
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
9 v/ _. P! G' r/ |1 ~But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,7 M7 |2 M" h8 k' K' T. A
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
" Y4 }# @! t' K. v1 m! ?0 o$ rHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
9 z+ \/ s0 s6 I# V" b7 A' LYour fear, your hope,
# }; c8 c, S! X* J9 nYour kindness, your need for space.$ ]. H% s7 o( d
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In your mind, you've been left before. ) Z" Q* \3 o+ v7 H5 B9 Q* t
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely-- \% X0 E! I0 o
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
/ A" o* }; R& y' r1 W; lYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 3 k% P0 o" h( X' Q
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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