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朋友劳工写给朋友的. P! t9 U; C! a# Y* J. j
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I want to grow you a tree, 8 w( Q( k, n' F) ]( O
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:/ N9 T: M* y) N1 X; H _: w
# ]6 E1 l# b( j: g& `; JA husband you've never met, but someday will,
; ~/ z" e$ c7 B4 } l2 g" QA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
/ ~6 q, O& w% ~, Z1 q; LBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,7 a5 @$ b& D- B$ X+ v6 G! [
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
( ~$ N( ~& h; XHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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; } a7 U. S$ X3 X- B2 N5 UHe will understand all this about you:$ n) a7 }3 }, l5 P
Your fear, your hope,9 b& d" b$ T8 d
Your kindness, your need for space." k1 z2 O! _( [& o
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In your mind, you've been left before. $ _: N M0 ^9 v, ^* {
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--1 X& g& U8 l$ x$ |- F( |: `
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, $ Y+ }1 G0 H, e5 a0 p
You feared you hadn't earned them. 7 |/ o& }5 z4 b9 d
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he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
9 |# l0 A# N! EGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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