Where do you draw the line
Between vanity and modesty?
If everyone drove BMW 7 series
And you drive BMW 3 series
Are you modest?
Is that modesty?
If everyone drove 3 series
But you drive Honda Civic
Is that modesty?
On the other hand
If everyone drove Honda Civic
But you drive BMW 3 series
Are you vain?
So is vanity and modesty
Relative to your surroundings?
Do surroundings dictate
Whether you are vain or modest?
That means anybody can be modest
Relative to people above them
Or vain
Relative to people not as well off
So every individual
Is both modest and vain
But how can that be?
So it is not relative to your surroundings
It cannot be relative
Relativity does not apply to vanity
Modesty is not dictated by surroundings
Then how do you draw the line?
If they are independent of the surroundings
To determine what is vain
And modest?
A king wearing a golden crown
Is not being vain
President traveling in Air Force One
Is not vanity
Homeless man living under a bridge
Is not being modest
Poor man wearing old clothes
Is not modesty
Vanity is vain
When it is inappropriate
Modesty is modest
When it is unnecessary
But since almost all
Think they are kings and queens
Deserving everything expensive
This world can offer
Vanity is everywhere
And modesty
Hardly anywhere
