Health vs. Vainity



Health is such a great excuse for vanity which I believe to be a disease.

I constantly pinch my stoumach to check for fat.
I'm on the scale every morning and before bed.
I count the calories for everything I eat.
And I stare at myself shirtless in the mirror.

On the bright side...
I get regular exersize.
My weight is healthy
I eat healthy.
My body will not hold me back from doing anything I may want to do.

But my mind might.
Vanity is holding me back.

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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A XXXX XABBX XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 444
Words 89
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 5, 2

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