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朋友劳工写给朋友的# T9 b7 m, H+ R2 s1 X
$ t$ X, Y6 J5 N9 W' f1 EI want to grow you a tree, 6 I C' Q" ]8 @) @
And on its side, to carve a picture of someone unknown:0 O& Y, z9 B- z4 Q$ S6 u. E3 T
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A husband you've never met, but someday will, 2 Y0 ~5 Y9 E# r: y
A me that is not lazy, that always loves--- I do, I do, 3 Z0 W) X3 s( c$ `, ^
But he will more, and say it; a me who is awake when you wake,( X1 X$ ^+ Q# x1 A
watching you, protecting your fragile smile.
3 A: r7 C5 F7 |4 y, mHe will not be afraid, not lose persepctive,4 r( n/ p8 \3 d8 d
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He will understand all this about you:
+ E2 d. r( o+ o0 C) yYour fear, your hope,& a2 a8 F. ~& r7 d F. h( y# Q
Your kindness, your need for space.8 E6 f1 p/ h* b
- g: U* q' `' b( }1 S8 AIn your mind, you've been left before.
# e* {) ]1 O9 K/ M, h4 uWe--all of us-- did not love you when you needed it, not fiercely--9 Z) I8 k4 f" r2 B6 H5 {- }
You were afraid; you needed to see that we meant our words,
+ |- g; ~- G2 iYou feared you hadn't earned them. ) u" @: V4 n$ W2 B" G7 |: J
- t% y4 a; y& G, xhe will understand all this. I will understand all this.
" L! s4 ]. O6 ?* A6 }- f6 m! T% \God grant that you two meet, and that I be he. |
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