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朋友劳工写给朋友的8 x7 b; s u! H& s' N1 E
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I want to grow you a tree,
3 ~/ N0 q) h2 N4 [# o; yAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:* k8 ]5 k: b3 a3 f. C* J
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 3 j6 `% D/ n! Y& x& y" ^2 S
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
3 S" ]' g5 x7 ?5 @& h [* aBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
+ o3 q6 _5 j) l: |% ^0 Pwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
& r3 R; t$ C2 g; j$ _( @0 CHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,* G S, x( P3 \# k6 G: M
* ^4 G* z8 ~% i" r0 b+ WHe will understand all this about you:% V' [, A* Z4 J% G$ ^
Your fear, your hope,9 ?$ g' M, z6 B
Your kindness, your need for space.7 B) }/ A6 |" T$ w& l
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In your mind, you've been left before.
, ~' o0 D, |; V1 N* z' H3 PWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--2 m# ~8 s/ ~: O% Q: C
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, ) t0 A1 k: n4 U* `" \4 j
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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% n% k3 A6 J4 ~; P& O: x5 Mhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. ) B4 `( \2 [ L
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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