Choices

If i can't do 
what i want to do 
then my job is to not 
do what i don't want 
to do
It's not the same thing 
but it's the best i can 
do


If i can't have 
what i want . . . then 
my job is to want 
what i've got 
and be satisfied 
that at least there 
is something more to want


Since i can't go 
where i need 
to go . . . then i must . . . go 
where the signs point 
through always understanding 
parallel movement 
isn't lateral


When i can't express 
what i really feel 
i practice feeling 
what i can express 
and none of it is equal


I know 
but that's why mankind 
alone among the animals 
learns to cry


-Nikki Giovanni

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