Rewriting

"Is love at first sight possible?"

How many different ways have we answered this question throughout lives?

In our youth the answer was

an optimistic (if inexperienced)

yes

In our middling years the answer was

no

that belief was for the young

love is something built

not something found

what of our later years?

we paid for our conceit

and found ourselves

with (too much) time

to look back

"It was."