Poem: I have accepted that it won't be different

I have accepted that it won't be different

I do not have the power
to alter it by my actions.
It won't change, and that is the way it is,
and I know that, recognize it
as true.  Things won't just be better
because it is what would be best.
The world is too solid
to be shifted by such things.
Still, I know, too, that I won't change,
that my needs won't be different
just because they are not met.
Thirst won't vanish
because there is no water.
I know it won't change,
that the world is not one
where those things are likely,
and I cannot expect better
than the way it is already,
just as I know
that can't change
the necessity
for it to be otherwise,
for it to be better in those ways
that will not manifest, that are not
allowable expectations.  I know
that what I need aligns
with what I cannot have.
That is what you have told me,
and I have understood it,
am not arguing it is wrong,
only that it is not alright,
that I can't be alright.
That is what it means
if things can't change,
and it is clear
that they can't,
or, at least, won't.