I am not a tall man

I am not a handsome man

I am not a poster child for beauty

I am not a role model for abstinence

...in anything

I have lived to excess

Gluttony, sloth, envy are my signs

I am not a strong man

At least in the traditional sense of physical strength

But I am resilient

I walk tall through my faults

Every failure a chance for rebirth

I fall from love I get up

I fall from home I get up

I fall from financial security I get up

I fall off the wagon I get up

My life is one of excess leading to failure followed by reinvention

Evolve and adapt with each failure

We were not meant to be stagnant in our being.