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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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4 ~4 G7 P7 y* E8 m1 J) dI want to grow you a tree,
" z2 o) W* w( sAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:6 J* g8 d2 _. h9 e0 t7 s
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, ; P$ V" u' q2 s* o4 m* }
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, " M) v8 j- N$ X! V" [0 `
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,8 x0 p( g* ?9 o$ C5 t$ P0 f$ j
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.4 k; g! D1 M6 ^. f/ U1 W, Z
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,& u& @- Z1 M" [+ @0 d- E6 E
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He will understand all this about you:: @0 t5 Y2 z0 U' O8 G9 F/ d
Your fear, your hope,
% @, _3 j" M1 T( {2 O: j3 \+ z) SYour kindness, your need for space.; B, f% u: t7 y1 K* @
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In your mind, you've been left before. " K- w# Z7 f6 q- N8 |" L' B
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
2 X1 c7 V# B$ J# g5 M% ~3 s- q+ {# A; rYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, . v t9 z P& k/ |
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. A2 ]4 M" O( q6 y. n9 S2 {
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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