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朋友劳工写给朋友的8 T. } `- M- F, r1 W
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I want to grow you a tree,
6 Y) q; s5 y' H9 @2 ]# \And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:4 _, O0 m* g: A B4 N& i0 y$ J; i+ I
1 F+ v& w3 B7 k! ~# R4 C2 r& hA husband you've never met, but someday will,
, a4 b. p4 N7 Z8 D6 pA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
" n& g1 n$ ~: {: b/ bBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' ]7 j+ M6 d% O* `- Swatching you, protecting your fragile smile.& d; L4 {' \+ o% W! U
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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4 E/ ^1 m& u5 K l- }He will understand all this about you:
: s' I5 E5 Z( F! \% `Your fear, your hope,8 \) @" T& A/ j; H2 L/ A
Your kindness, your need for space.& ~' i1 j0 }# M7 ?% c2 E. y
' g$ J3 u4 m& k. ^In your mind, you've been left before.
4 K! x: `3 c$ \+ ^8 n1 QWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
: U& H/ X O' ^: }; ZYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 3 u; E# d5 o! t1 m
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. 0 Z( m, ]* \9 ? k5 p- S, T
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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