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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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2 W5 o; i' R& w; j" ^" ]- P( u, uI want to grow you a tree,
" C" L) {; x1 _4 U1 x# h# TAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:0 p( [6 a9 j* h) h
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, ' M* I8 a" a" ?% Q4 ^# |( q
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, ; L# a5 E# w" U3 W& y3 X* Y A
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
/ {% C( U- E5 `9 f a, |watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
$ K7 v5 `/ b5 O3 L, j4 o( l: G# uHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive," A# E$ ~7 N* p; V+ J# e0 Y
* z' B# x6 p0 p" C, h+ pHe will understand all this about you:
0 E$ h. ]; s4 ~7 C! v1 DYour fear, your hope,
& P0 o* Z2 `+ l! {& ?4 WYour kindness, your need for space.
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$ P8 ?6 B7 ]9 _! M% s; B) aIn your mind, you've been left before.
- t" b! v# ]2 SWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
9 m Y, l [3 |7 Q6 Z1 o: N; ?1 Y: zYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 1 k( t5 y' K7 N0 X/ J& u8 ?9 I
You feared you hadn't earned them. - P; R3 g3 |6 p& ]: }
- `6 n6 t2 X5 G8 l0 C& \he will understand all this. I will understand all this.
( G$ q5 Q9 I. H4 [God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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