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Can't

Can't is a word I refuse to comprehend. Can't does not exist in my vocabulary. Not if I intend to live fearlessly. Can't and Fear feed off each other like fire and air. The two will dance and expand, Spread to the last corner and inches of my land. Can and Faith are the words I will invest into my mind, body, and soul. Can't will not enter into my mind, For it might sit in my mouth, And slip off my tongue. Can't is a poison; The everlasting weed to my garden. Can't will destroy every blossom created, And seize the seeds yet to sprout. Can't has the power to end the action of planting. I will never again see a flower, if I let Can't grow. Can is the remedy to imagination and ingenuity. Whereas, Can't impedes and blocks creativity. Can't eliminates possibilities, It drains and empties. Even the most tenacious sea Could not withstand the Dehydration of Can’t Can't ignites negativity, creating an immobilization and inability to try. Can't creates an ending before there was a chance for beginning. Can't breeds the misbelief of failure, even if there was never to be a winner. In many ways, Can't is the biggest lie created from out mind. Mis-be-LIE-f But if I were to look on the inside, I'd rather give myself a fighting chance, Then quit before I start because of the word Can’t We will be faced with new challenges each day, New obstacles will arise and come into play Life has an abundance of what we must overcome, I would hate to make myself the enemy, Be the one standing in front of a self-created machine gun. If I were to approach the word for all that it is It is after all, Just a word. I would let a word dictate and decide The choices, risks, and chances taken in life. Seems unbalanced That one word can have full access To my thoughts and actions. There The infinite possibilities in the World and Me. If the only difference between Can and Can’t Stands an Apostrophe and T, Then I choose to remove The contraction entirely. If you still don’t believe How destructive Can’t can be Here are a few synonyms for contraction as taken from Wiki: “shrinkage, decline, diminution, decrease”. None of those words seems appealing to me. All of those words will devour my dreams. Which is why Can’t is a word I refuse to comprehend.
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lauren-somerville
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lauren-somerville
American
Published
Jan 15, 2015
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#cant#dreams#try#decline#comprehend#shrinkage#contraction#decrease#diminution
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