I Choose to Love You in Silence by Rumi (1207 - 1273)
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.