爱你在心口难开.doc

爱你在心口难开
本文作者是来自澳大利亚,热爱写作的小伙子Mitch――CR的小编之一。细心的读者会发现,CR每期的“卷首语”都是由他亲自撰写的。关于本期主题“秘?觅”,小编特邀Mitch写了这篇情真意切的美文。“世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死,而是我就站在你的面前,你却不知道我爱你”,把爱留在心底,有时也不是一件坏事。让我们一同欣赏这篇美文,体会爱的“百转千回”。
――Mac

Dear Elizabeth,

My heart aches to hold you and whisper in your ear. I burn to let you see the power of my passion. Yes, there are so many yearnings I long to tell you. I can onlyhope this letter abundantly expresses all of my love.

I first saw you while riding my bicycle through Waltzing 1)Meadow, though you never saw me that day. You swam in the river with your sisters as I stood watching from a distance on the water’s edge. The truth is, I’ve always been utterly terrified of water, but seeing the joy on your face as you plunged and splashed gave me the2)guts to dip my feet in. In that moment, with that smile, you became The One for me. And it was that same uncontrollably warm smile that would later give me the encouragement I needed at various other stages throughout my life.

When you announced that you would marry my brother, my heart3)liquefied. I sat through the engagement party like a sailor tossed from his boat. Drowning. 4)Gasping for air. You knew something was wrong. You pulled me aside, flashed a grin and told me I should go and explore the world. And I did. Cairo. Paris. 5)Timbuktu. All for you.

I know I missed the wedding, but Thomas sent me phot