Jessica Arteaga | + Follow Poet |
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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

Copyright © Jessica Arteaga | Year Posted 2010

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Tim Ryerson Date: 2/23/2010 5:18:00 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 Login to Reply

Royal Trevino Date: 2/16/2010 8:33:00 PM very nice write... people can make or brake us... liked this poem very much Royal T. Login to Reply

Carol Sunshine Brown Date: 2/15/2010 11:18:00 AM Thank you for sharing your poetry with us today Jessica. I enjoyed reading it. Love, Carol Login to Reply

Kim Hilliker Date: 2/14/2010 12:45:00 PM Cleverly written. I enjoyed your poem today. Thanks. Login to Reply