We’re Performing, Still

Being remembered is something;

something straight out of nothing.

You don’t have to do,

You don’t need to achieve,

You only just have to be.

To be you, doing or not doing.

To be you, achieve or not achieving,

To be you, present; not presenting.

When performing gets tiring, that’s 

the sign of you drowning. And

then you cried; that’s the

sign of you breaking.

So tell me, tell me who are you

when you’re not performing?

Are you sad, are you happy,

Do you angst, do you not angst?

Will you catch you, when you fall?

Ananda Khaira Azizah,

Pekanbaru, May 2nd 2026.

Written at 11am on a Saturday.