Does writing have the power to enact social change?

I think writing does have an enactment of social change. When reading someone else piece of work, I think you begin to feel the emotions and thoughts the author is trying to put across. You feel there motivation of trying to reach out and make you understand what they are talking about. I think it can change you socially of how you think, act and feel. It all depends on the way you grasp on to it. In the poem "THE BOMBING OF BAGHDAD",it is a very powerful and emotional to read. It gives you a view on war and how badly it may turn out to be. It makes you wanna just act out now and help the people around you. Poems and other writings can send out deep messages like the one in "THE BOMBING OF BAGHDAD". Its up to the author how meaningful they want there words to be.