Monday Motivation: 5.1.23

Choices by —Nikki Giovanni

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
though 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