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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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0 t8 r5 j* M# R2 M8 LI want to grow you a tree, . m1 M7 [( y: |- m/ M
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, + q/ E4 R8 r& y
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 0 k$ ]; z4 _, @& C, H8 D' _/ ^
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,6 R. e9 \7 R8 A' s% O5 V
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
/ F1 [ A5 d3 C" OHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:# l8 C* G `8 _4 R% y( I
Your fear, your hope,
& z" `8 b: i: ^& i$ O% vYour kindness, your need for space.) Y4 t" v% Q$ _' y, w$ G2 W# v
$ u7 i. ~% o8 f' q/ ]In your mind, you've been left before.
5 x$ }& b8 i) B, u# gWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--& X4 y1 r o% [) f: o/ ?6 l/ M( I
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
4 \1 X3 u$ Z1 O" S- XYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. , x: ], @. T& W" I1 Z! a, O
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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