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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree,
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A husband you've never met, but someday will,
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But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,1 @* O" L* J$ ?7 y1 O
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
# V( a {/ b6 {& u: |& j$ j& ]He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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0 c E* |6 m" ~; ~5 Y7 A" kHe will understand all this about you:4 R- ~4 i4 c. M& R4 b
Your fear, your hope,
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: z, H5 X' r. |# G2 d1 VIn your mind, you've been left before. * A. e2 k/ r% \) c* M* S' p
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
2 _4 ]; u" l0 }; U6 J% PYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
6 R/ W; r, B! p2 l6 P( J9 SYou feared you hadn't earned them. 9 D$ z3 l* ?% t5 Y0 F" H% z9 |
5 d4 n+ o. M1 t- {, A2 G9 Lhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. ) Y, R$ \: [, h$ C4 h/ b' |$ F
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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