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Choices - Nikki Giovanni

Sharie Monique Season 3 Episode 42

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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


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