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朋友劳工写给朋友的; I( g9 @% T0 [& `" Y0 _ `! d
9 u" @5 r" P% `( f& U( r$ ?I want to grow you a tree, - l6 S, A y3 h& W4 |
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:1 M" F4 {& _8 F8 u; _# M: }+ F& _
2 F/ L/ H) {* H+ ` y; t) WA husband you've never met, but someday will, 9 W: A* ^2 H" _- @) J
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 3 c5 ]7 \2 g: p
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,+ h. \0 ` k. ?. n+ H5 J2 j
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
3 ~! {3 _9 V" B0 t( o, PHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,# B4 d+ m+ I' |+ t3 F; s* T/ _
" d% b, O& I. G* z. QHe will understand all this about you:2 [9 U( K" [* z7 V7 u0 a
Your fear, your hope,
/ x: t* |( X/ k2 FYour kindness, your need for space.: _. u; l/ ~$ M1 Y9 k( ~% ]
) M4 ?; x# A8 E/ k: pIn your mind, you've been left before. : s. K+ }) q. Z c8 U
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
3 G# B8 q9 R, N, [( z7 a3 E/ DYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
9 u7 D2 P4 L1 }# e4 gYou feared you hadn't earned them. : ]! @ t5 I6 n) k! N9 \
& j$ f' [; _& e0 }- P5 Khe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 5 ~$ _7 @- A3 |! p6 O
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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