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朋友劳工写给朋友的* S/ _$ c U9 T! f) V m$ V8 N
- T7 n: c" @3 z9 I$ ?4 oI want to grow you a tree, 9 E' S( s2 Z3 _" K! z! h: g
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:; g2 E% m6 k$ T/ d1 R
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, ! B1 S9 S: y! H3 D3 z
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, * b6 p5 x2 G! l" d8 R
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' x& [9 F. Z2 @9 ^watching you, protecting your fragile smile.7 p- U5 k+ `. u6 R
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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) y6 c8 u6 E0 [6 F3 GHe will understand all this about you:* g* ^( c& S" [4 T* F4 T
Your fear, your hope,. B' @+ u( F8 h
Your kindness, your need for space.& h! D Y& Y4 s8 r# R0 M* n
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In your mind, you've been left before.
% z! I) L k( P6 {) dWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
, \- W7 _- f3 A L7 I! BYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, . D d6 ^9 l d0 w. m' j, Y Z
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. , }. z8 Y2 u$ {1 \& R& S+ g
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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