Lyric

Yesterday worked

Until today opened

Proof was accepted

Then quietly expired

Name still active

Value pending

I kept the receipt

From the last time

I became useful

It had my name

A clean timestamp

And one small line

Saying approved

I thought that meant

I could rest for a while

But the room refreshed

Before I did

Recent output

Below average

Engagement

Declining

Potential

Unconfirmed

Relevance

Requires action

Show me again

What you can do

Say it again

But make it new

Stand in the light

Until it moves

Then start again

From something you proved

A good day

Does not carry over

A strong month

Does not defend you

A kind word

Grows old by morning

A finished thing

Turns into evidence

That you should finish more

I watched my best version

Lose freshness

In the corner

Of someone else’s feed

Please confirm

You are still ambitious

Please confirm

You are still improving

Please confirm

You are not becoming

A slower version

Of the person we approved

I have been trying

To stay current

I have been trying

To stay clean

I have been trying

To make my face

Look like progress

From a distance

Show me again

What you can do

Say it again

But make it new

Stand in the light

Until it moves

Then start again

From something you proved

Question one

What have you done lately

Question two

Why did it slow down

Question three

Is this still enough

Question four

Who told you

You were allowed

To remain the same

I am not afraid

Of hard work

That would be easier

To explain

I am afraid

Of the part after

When the thing is done

And the silence says

Again

When the applause ends

And becomes a deadline

When the proof

Turns into rent

On the space

I briefly earned

Worth Must Be Updated

Not because it vanished

Because the system

Cannot recognize

A person

Unless they are moving

Some days

I want to be old news

Not canceled

Not forgotten

Just left

In one stable version

Long enough

To breathe inside it

No new angle

No better sentence

No cleaner hunger

No public repair

Just a man

Unimproved

And still allowed

Show me again

What you can do

Say it again

But make it new

Stand in the light

Until it moves

Then start again

From something you proved

Update available

Later

Not now

Update available

Later

Not now

Update available

I close the lid

Before it asks

What I am worth