Tuesdays with Nikki (#6)

Today's poem from the wonderful and mighty Nikki G. speaks of choices.

Sit back and reflect as Nikki speaks...

Choices

by Nikki Giovanni

Copyright 1978

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 mankind

alone among the mammals

learns to cry