Sometimes it is better to love from afar,

I love you so much I want to hold you close

& like a fairy godmother

grant your every wish

with the touch of my 

oh so magic wand--

but sometimes it is better to love by saying no,

better to release,

better to nudge the baby bird from the nest

& let the wing spread of my love

catch the wind 

& as I dream of you flying on your own--

I rejoice.