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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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7 k, E; v9 J( k4 v) q) s! h$ m% l/ T. AI want to grow you a tree,
3 B( q( q7 j9 {# {And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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5 b! _4 C! y4 g' jA husband you've never met, but someday will, 9 K, E- u% @/ y I, `* V: `. _
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
8 d" h, m) E; V+ WBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,6 C1 M1 c& ~$ Q+ P- r% g! D
watching you, protecting your fragile smile./ J8 N+ K; f8 L7 _7 R
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:
% ^& I/ v5 ?4 s+ C. WYour fear, your hope,- Q8 |9 o/ U- I- T2 g# t
Your kindness, your need for space.& y; u9 Y- H0 B7 U( W7 R3 T
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In your mind, you've been left before. 4 M4 h3 t# N! q% i6 @9 l2 S
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--+ L* K4 q0 a$ s+ ]
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 6 n" e, y, [. C7 O" ?
You feared you hadn't earned them.
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
8 C4 f' i' V; d% zGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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