It’s an act so
immense, so apparently monstrous and yet
deeply personal that it’s
almost
impossible to judge.
He erased himself, and all
those 8,000 souls, for
one woman.
Because he loved her.
There’s something
terrifying
in that kind of love, something that asks
for so much
it can’t possibly be returned,
or ignored.
Taken from an AV Club review of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Children of Time”. “Possible” has been corrected to “possibly” in line 14. Submitted by Wesley Brown.
Verbatim Poetry 