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朋友劳工写给朋友的& V# G& a: O: [6 V" f3 h2 h6 n: r
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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,
! Y6 i& A* @9 O. C5 {watching you, protecting your fragile smile./ ~) P6 P0 p! S$ }
He will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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He will understand all this about you:! p$ a0 N8 w- k3 }0 O9 j
Your fear, your hope,
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In your mind, you've been left before. % o( A6 u3 n+ ~+ b, [- l
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
! R* n( J; c- t- \( |( q) N1 jYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
/ |- r0 j; m$ GYou feared you hadn't earned them.
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* O( y' j+ K& m8 Y5 _1 L4 ?he will understand all this. I will understand all this. ( J" C5 `2 E* Y! C* ?3 |! E
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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