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朋友劳工写给朋友的' `( H- a' w1 P# E% Q
4 T# A7 N5 b( W0 } C3 iI want to grow you a tree,
. v0 M/ G" R1 f6 a EAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:4 I6 z2 N8 [1 k, U* ? J" ?
% @3 _# D: b( n0 T, vA husband you've never met, but someday will, $ w; Q) x# X. p" I4 G- O* \
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 2 G" [* `& l+ a
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
6 U1 s! j2 x9 j/ _4 ]watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
5 ?1 x' k6 o7 i! Z% P2 w- I( ^9 fHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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0 L T U8 ~" o! y5 |6 F. `5 k0 BHe will understand all this about you:. |9 }% e5 Z5 |
Your fear, your hope,) _3 O+ R# u9 }/ B4 ?$ m
Your kindness, your need for space.
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& ]1 e# U1 u/ j+ q: XIn your mind, you've been left before.
/ Q( V y5 k) D4 ^% lWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--* X4 j3 Q/ r% x- }! g
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, " m% {1 L5 R: z& `8 b; Z ~4 j& i
You feared you hadn't earned them. 4 l3 h1 f5 G1 z3 N: s. ^
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
" R# I' R9 e: z6 ]. s& q4 a. T9 nGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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