I choose to love you in silence
for in silence I find no rejection.

I choose to love you in loneliness
for in loneliness no one owns you but me.

I choose to adore you from a distance
for distance will shield me from pain.

I choose to kiss you in the wind
for the wind is gentler than my lips.

I choose to hold you in my dreams
for in my dreams you have no end. - Rumi