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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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7 e1 V4 d% G' d- j9 `) a/ xI want to grow you a tree,
7 p, s1 X7 S& H8 G3 K! Z# |- MAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
# H. `; H% t) s% W/ v* m8 [$ N bA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
% i& E/ `2 s8 |! F; i' n, F) bBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,: o* f/ \0 Y7 I' C) i( y$ ~$ s
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.3 U- k* p- `: {! R# q/ z4 e2 p
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
. b T: d3 N3 {, _$ NYour fear, your hope,8 M+ ?" d* U7 W5 ?; S
Your kindness, your need for space.
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* h9 S6 \+ u. w% ~9 tIn your mind, you've been left before. \7 k" M2 H- n3 a- r: |
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
. Q! { ^* s* c7 v& M/ }You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
0 e& j) W! z8 g4 ]% CYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ( U+ y+ T$ ^+ O$ }3 y- J1 v& h
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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