Lately, the word \"betterment\" has been on my mind
Who or what defines betterment?
Is it the girl who used to sit and lie around indoors
Finally getting some sun on her skin
Some steps in her life
Some weights she carries that are less mental and more physical
With less food on her plate
Or is it an obsession
With the sunblock she never applies, but did
The weight on the scale every morning versus every night
The pants being her worst enemy when she bloats like a seal
Tracking her calories to a tee
For better or for worse
She has the fitness to climb up this mountain of life
Pass her teenage years
And towards young adulthood
To last or not to last
Is 2 months an impulse or just a habit?
She simply wants to be satisfied with herself
But the goal posts keep shifting
And the more expectations she was not aware of
So, betterment...
She has yet to figure out the meaning it has to her
She is not miserable, just more and more aware
As she grows older