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 chose 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 (1207-1273)
