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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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' e& J1 A" ~& {( ~/ E9 i! dI want to grow you a tree, + R9 a) D, G" ?! z" C: p
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, : w) l( i/ Y+ _% F$ i4 ^
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, + |4 y% q( ~' J8 T
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
3 Z0 K6 }8 ^' T" r2 |9 {" W0 m( Dwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
( G2 x6 d/ L" o' N" QHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,- T+ m8 X, G( q: w: n2 ~/ o' s
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He will understand all this about you:
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Your kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
" l3 B* K/ `/ ^# V2 TWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
* |1 Q& E3 c8 H# D2 {You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
c' u0 q/ V0 n2 ?2 a- lYou feared you hadn't earned them. 5 K$ E( P" S |3 ]! ?" [
4 i3 @" G& a* F0 {3 H$ w6 K$ t: C+ ghe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
+ E! \1 a! R5 t+ ^God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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