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朋友劳工写给朋友的
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I want to grow you a tree, + p8 P( h: Z3 r
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:
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7 D% E- h P7 b2 } O1 c' NA husband you've never met, but someday will,
3 e9 K& v% z0 e7 G9 V, Y8 ?) QA me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 1 D! A, P, G% |
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,
" j3 A' B" U. n) d# \, ^watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
) }. G% o+ [* DHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,8 x3 W' {* I# ]; H3 W" q
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He will understand all this about you:
6 }. G& r6 {) \: pYour fear, your hope,; @- B) E- G7 t' \' t o/ E
Your kindness, your need for space.' b! K) F. a1 g6 h+ e6 x1 l# t
! L( j+ X4 ]- m- q' S. u5 Z- pIn your mind, you've been left before. * S: `* n# S, K# U6 l
We--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--
% v9 b/ O$ W! G3 S8 J- @9 a$ B# rYou were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words, 2 N( m: S% g. a8 J! n# A
You feared you hadn't earned them. ) j) A0 J5 q& ~" J
5 o% |# r' K2 U8 C/ ]& r3 Z) ^& yhe will understand all this. I will understand all this. 2 m; w! Y+ d( O J" K) Q$ b
God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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