I'll Love You from a Distance

You cross a room the way the smoke decides to leave a flame,
And I stay still, afraid to learn the burden of your name.
So I'll love you from a distance where the wanting keeps its shape,
Where you're larger than a lifetime and no fact can make escape.
Come too close and I might learn what every dream must do: become a little less imagined and a little more like you.
I know the way you tilt your head, the shape of your smile.