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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
" E* B8 K* x# ] zAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
: L% Z, N) q- T$ LA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
! ?0 b r- ~, q/ P, S( GBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,9 {; F- t( l! u$ C2 @$ U
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.0 o& {* ?6 h9 Z/ [. ~: Y- Q& Y
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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f( P, t* R8 L, j; hHe will understand all this about you:, ~/ h w( ^' I1 K3 s
Your fear, your hope,
( U, ?, k- G$ `7 ^0 p' HYour kindness, your need for space.8 ~3 O/ n/ @. Q" Y8 J# p
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In your mind, you've been left before.
( v" f& c; L' D- L6 G0 S/ w! PWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--4 W, H/ m) F9 K9 Y6 ?+ k6 p+ Y
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ' d6 L4 q5 j) C: a9 `
You feared you hadn't earned them. : J8 V$ A! D5 x- i9 m) H b
6 A4 A e# |. M* e6 ehe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
5 G& M. m$ Y ]3 D0 a- I; jGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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