I am going to quote this sig of yours, Kiran.

"Awakened to the meaning of my heart
That to feel love and oneness is to live
And this the magic of our golden change,
Is all the truth I know or seek, O sage."

He is not speaking of love and oneness from only one person, and the sage he speaks with lives within. Love for one is love for all, and love has many different forms. So you have a love that is a friend, you have a love you think loves you beyond all boundaries (although that seems not true since you feel bound by distance) Love is a blend of all things I think.