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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, ; K& ^" E/ g6 X+ ?
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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2 f, Z: F B, n; U/ ~A husband you've never met, but someday will, # d! s3 ^ b+ d- U/ V3 @
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, - V- k0 Z! w$ `: z
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
# C+ \" p9 w. U4 \7 }watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
3 a0 z2 |) R) n. h" b# EHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,3 L1 \ e( e/ i3 L3 [" W6 `% f
" c' z% V ` N" w, F4 uHe will understand all this about you:6 L# u- ]2 ^$ R9 _4 `
Your fear, your hope,: {. ?( w1 L" n. ^) J" ^
Your kindness, your need for space.
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1 b; l8 F6 x; |/ i* mIn your mind, you've been left before.
7 |) T4 z' E5 h: K' q+ S* oWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--, ?% _+ e$ K/ l: }
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
. s7 {/ N* x0 V H+ I" dYou feared you hadn't earned them. + \. D+ T! ^6 _
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ( k. U) f8 F% o; T% w
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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