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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, 2 D/ s7 t0 m5 r$ x# ]' H L/ p! k+ y
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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; V! p' n* v3 r" ~: h' WA husband you've never met, but someday will, 4 F+ U5 ]$ L' h8 G! R% T2 w
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
* c$ d1 f: J8 W0 A! }" f( o0 P8 KBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
0 K6 W0 I! _4 ^watching you, protecting your fragile smile.5 G# u# I1 n S' M& Y& D) U
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,& F( {! I5 v9 N, X8 f
6 U1 n& ^3 e! q9 z6 wHe will understand all this about you:
) Y) L6 F6 U) `7 l0 bYour fear, your hope,
; w2 J& b7 L3 A; Y$ Q8 MYour kindness, your need for space.
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In your mind, you've been left before.
( L: E9 ?5 B b# G& l- lWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--7 a; T: f* ?- O1 G+ _- p
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, - S5 j2 V: w7 g" p1 d2 ~! j3 _( e
You feared you hadn't earned them. 5 @2 |8 Q# Q9 v$ t: N" C
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this. " A) Q! c) ]5 Q1 B7 l7 P
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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