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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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6 x+ q( h* s; J- FI want to grow you a tree, ) h, Z8 U C" K0 k. a$ r: E
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
; P+ [* k7 D2 H: @/ yA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
+ u2 M. M9 U4 U% U( { _But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
) r4 ^- n; p( w( `0 w7 gwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.+ B" ?3 B. t" C3 N: e
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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3 |7 U' ]* c# D, e5 a; Y1 LHe will understand all this about you:1 _7 Q: D# Q$ N! E' C" s% @2 `6 G
Your fear, your hope,9 a! L! w$ V# C/ @, L- Z4 D( ^
Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before. ( t4 e1 J( F& j/ b/ @, B2 n
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
0 e/ {4 O v6 f6 P: w* R# jYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
! M: X! ~- H+ h& f0 t5 \You feared you hadn't earned them. 0 w" X* O- C) I" J; r- G0 `
2 p( k, q/ p$ \; f' M Khe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 4 z% e6 ~* t8 |% A; k) W L
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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