When I talk, I'm performing
When I listen, I'm performing
When I ask, I'm performing
When I laugh, I'm performing

When I play, I'm performing
When I watch, I'm performing
When I teach, I'm performing
When I learn, I'm performing

When I touch, I'm performing
When I kiss, I'm performing
When I ****, I'm performing
When I rest, I'm performing

But when I perform,

When I perform I'm talking, I'm listening, I'm asking, I'm laughing, I'm playing, I'm watching, I'm teaching, I'm learning, I'm touching, I'm kissing, I'm *******, and I'm resting.

Oh, how I am resting.

Until you're not here,
then I've traded my mouth for my nature.
Metering expressions for a tireless repose,
acting to be for not being to act.