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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, 5 v4 b; m) r1 Q' V# z8 N1 z
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:* u8 {: r I! e$ _! Z' [
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
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But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
" i' {' y- S& K& H0 e8 M2 ?watching you, protecting your fragile smile.) o) f4 Y) n P
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,1 m; K1 }1 K7 V# w7 ^# }( y; l
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He will understand all this about you:
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: v W& h, \1 S% XYour kindness, your need for space.# \# J1 A4 F1 V1 L+ T/ M' |6 w2 V( H
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In your mind, you've been left before.
; ^, \! u- L+ q; WWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--* D& W! f4 w$ Z: @$ a, u: Y' h0 P
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
, A6 J8 y( N2 c3 k7 v+ f1 q* y% w+ W9 eYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
2 F7 e( ^( K, @8 E' pGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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