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朋友劳工写给朋友的# G5 U2 Z: ?6 O. u
3 C5 f6 O4 t$ y& x, c' cI want to grow you a tree,
/ `, b. c; F6 vAnd on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:9 {8 Z2 x8 M" u* Q, z
& Y$ w7 C' q. M) v6 M. q- ~. H/ qA husband you've never met, but someday will, + `$ q( `4 l9 }: i* T4 q1 X
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do,
( E9 F5 k/ L7 ]9 P6 H7 s3 R3 kBut he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
' T, ^/ ^; R' {+ t5 m) zwatching you, protecting your fragile smile.
4 u8 @- |! `: w8 v4 CHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,
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; d( d( S8 I" W. ^1 R( cHe will understand all this about you:
2 g9 k4 E+ f: JYour fear, your hope,
" a0 |1 J# a) I$ G' lYour kindness, your need for space.
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2 B6 ^( N: ^1 h+ H7 P* t1 DIn your mind, you've been left before. 0 s/ C/ f- v7 W2 L& ]: a
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
6 k& e3 G& q" |You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
, u' B3 }1 f! u' c- \7 I+ N0 ?You feared you hadn't earned them. 5 j! A- y; \8 t6 O+ V( p
- N! G1 W/ _5 g2 b0 i3 V3 Yhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. w/ b% S9 S; h: y. J
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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