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.

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