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朋友劳工写给朋友的7 ~# Y; ], n* m- w
2 ?8 q4 h5 A, b4 R7 YI want to grow you a tree,
# q7 I5 K0 g4 L! M3 k; g) AAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, ( F/ n) G: E; `4 P
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
/ X; Z% A% p* Y m) w+ HBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
. T& w' ?6 d4 swatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
# R* v9 {. a2 {8 l6 IHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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' K6 b/ \/ u& I+ F# W; p" AHe will understand all this about you:
/ ^7 r" G m# fYour fear, your hope,5 k0 G E4 h. M8 N$ i5 D6 o+ |
Your kindness, your need for space.
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- m6 M" C' D1 b' Q7 t! G8 a3 I# nIn your mind, you've been left before.
1 w9 V; T7 U7 W" aWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
* U" J: k8 v) y+ L' eYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 4 W) L% x7 I6 P o1 z9 Q
You feared you hadn't earned them. % m) E4 ?* W; R
6 i5 G# x: w! q7 m% a- }# yhe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
2 Z0 w# F/ g" v# m" G1 g2 HGod grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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