Cinematic Life

Everyone is living in their own cinema
With only one audience.
Everyone else is an actor,
Everyone else is a stand-in.

In your theater, you are camera,
You choose the close-ups and the wide shots,
You decide what deserves a spotlight
And what fades to black.

Some days you're recording a comedy,
Other days a tragedy unfolds,
But the seats never empty
Your audience of one remains.

They watch every scene,
Every poorly delivered line,
Every moment you think no one is watching,
Every time you forget you're performing.

Who is that faithful audience?
The one who decides if it's worth watching again,
The one staring back from every reflective surface,
The critic who never leaves the theater.

Go look in the mirror
And meet your most devoted viewer
The only one whose review
Truly matters.