I choose

I choose to love you in silence,

For silence will shield me from rejection.

i choose to love you from a distance,

For distance will protect from me from pain

I choose to feel you in the wind,

For the wind is gentle on my skin than my heart feeling the warmth of your own

I choose to look away from eye contact,

For the fear you will see the war that goes deep into my eyes

I choose to not let love in whole heartedly, for the fear of being in capable and left behind

I choose to be on my own, to experience what it’s like to step into my soul

For now, I choose to love you in silence