can't

she took the word can't, and threw it away

changed it to can, that very same day

took the frown, turned it upside down

erasing the wrinkles, creased in her brow

things started changing, not always first try

but again and again till she got it right

it seemed to get easier, to figure things out

and so she moved quicker, erasing the doubts

I'm never going back, to the ways of the old

so onward and upward, on this road she rolled

her outlook had changed, her life had improved

and all she had done, was that can't was removed

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License