It makes change irreversible,
It’s powerful and terrible,
It moves a person’s soul to act,
Not even strength is left intact.

It forces unexamined fears,
It’s the most common cause of tears,
Once it’s alive can’t be undone,
Unstoppable once it’s begun.

You can’t resist when it arrives,
You only hope that hope survives,
In its wake are broken pieces,
We can’t avoid its caprices.

A weapon not to be deployed,
But one that no one can avoid,
To make a change you can’t undo,
Risk telling someone “I love you.”