excuses

it would be too easy
if I wasn't busy

it would be so cool
if I wasn't fool

it would be nice
if I wasn't quiet

it would be so glad
if I wasn't depressed

it would be terrific
if I wasn't sick

it would be safe
if I wasn't afraid

it would be pretty great
if I wasn't passionate

"Adolescence", Petrov-Vodkin, 1913.