Jessica Arteaga Poet Free verse

Can

I can shoot a gun

I cant paint a war

I can write you out

I can sound so cold

I can have no meaning

I can have your youth

I can have the heaviness

that make your body sit

I can have information

I can have such toleration

I can use a pen

I can use my mouth

I can use your hands

to slap me in your bout

I can cry your tears

I can scream your sounds

I can beat your heart

I can scratch you out

I can give you not much

and yet you come back for more

try to take my heart                            try to take my heart
                             try to take my heart                           
try to break my heart                            try to break my heart 
                              try to break my heart                            
AND
I
CAN
REMAKE
MY
HEART

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Tim Ryerson February 23, 2010 at 5:18 PM 'I can cry your tears, I can scream your sounds'...stunning lines, Jessica...I can identify! Great poem with a truly unique style! - Tim

Royal Trevino February 16, 2010 at 8:33 PM very nice write... people can make or brake us... liked this poem very much Royal T.

Carol Sunshine Brown February 15, 2010 at 11:18 AM Thank you for sharing your poetry with us today Jessica. I enjoyed reading it. Love, Carol

Kim Hilliker February 14, 2010 at 12:45 PM Cleverly written. I enjoyed your poem today. Thanks.