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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
- \1 h( I1 X; }! t8 yAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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1 a. g8 h: h7 [! M |- F+ aA husband you've never met, but someday will,
! W: B) O9 E8 m# M. lA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, - `7 a5 C; o8 C# d3 Q) O3 r
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
0 X+ W; q F7 v) { M5 ]$ j3 Wwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.& O7 e* t1 t$ c, @! C4 V
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive, E1 y" _4 G) m3 \: I. d
$ ] \7 C$ A; X2 h$ b, S% q+ P" cHe will understand all this about you:: Q- Z5 c e; v6 Y
Your fear, your hope,
9 V5 h. e4 r+ W! `Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
' |: L5 b P& C' \' D/ RWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
$ A- w: e: S' |$ K4 QYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, |3 w# A- ?# C* {
You feared you hadn't earned them. 9 [* A( N" u9 c0 i
5 e% _. k6 O3 I, X% |he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
) a# ?( P1 n; \' f; @) rGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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