Balance

I don't want to be watched as I stand on one leg. It will make me wobble; so please, please don't I beg. I must take off my shoes in order not to cheat. Standing there in my socks on just one of my feet, I try first the left leg with my eye on the clock. As I count the seconds I am starting to rock. Ten seconds pass slowly with my hands on my hips. Will I get to twenty? Oops! My right foot now dips to the floor. What a shame to reach only sixteen It's the other leg's turn to improve on this scene. But the right leg is worse and I only reach nine. Now have I the patience and the time to assign to improve my balance? To make myself fitter? For the balance of life I must not be a quitter.