My thoughts are in a constant battle
Contained in my mind like herded cattle

Today: Pants too big, here a reward
Tomorrow: Too tight, food I can't afford

My face, a canvas blank and pristine
Tomorrow: Broken, raw, unclean

Today you are pretty and likable, new
Tomorrow not so, compliments few

Charting how I love myself every minute
Cheated out of the present, I’m not fully in it

How shallow, how wrong, I scold to my reflection
How honest, how right, undeserving of affection

These two thoughts always loud in my ears
One builds me up, one adds to my fears

Neither one wins, or so far it's a tie
My lifetime puzzle, two truths and a lie