I Choose

I choose to love you in my silence,
for in my silence I find no rejection

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

I choose to adore you from a distance
for distance will shield us both 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 there is no end


--EE Cummings