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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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# r" h) ^$ K0 |% t& F; uI want to grow you a tree,
+ o! |& D+ u! ZAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:0 @$ R V6 b' V: t& f; Q
. z& i i( T+ WA husband you've never met, but someday will,
1 j2 f0 K& k$ e+ j7 N o/ XA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
( [" }) ^4 G0 U' iBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
* x' }6 E* ^$ ? uwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
* }& M: \: h; D, L; ?5 E) oHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
# T- ?8 Z* y$ O D) Q5 V3 l& rYour fear, your hope,1 T* {) k2 A# a: U( d
Your kindness, your need for space.
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4 O0 G4 w- _6 k0 fIn your mind, you've been left before.
6 H: I8 ]8 Y! Y. e# r) uWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
2 v7 n) s' a5 q8 V" d* z0 [You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
# a$ w) F. Q9 @9 I3 WYou feared you hadn't earned them. 6 V% p. i9 H0 a4 U3 \# X+ G% E
, Q( L: J; y: k8 R* w7 T" i: Jhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. & q, {! x" q. O" K8 V
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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