It’s All About Choice

If the mountain is too big

Climb a hill instead.

If the ocean is too deep

Swim a pond instead

If the nights make you weep

Wake up happy instead

If you feel frozen with fear

Smile at a stranger instead

You see this instead is an alternative

A choice that makes you affirmative

The mountains, the ocean

The nights and fears

Will still be here

But if you choose the path of instead

You won’t feel dead before declared dead.