To watch or observe a friend on stage

that is the true question that never gets answered.

Whether you simply enjoy their performance,

and laugh and cry at their antics,

the feeling of sympathy when their character loses their way

and the cheer of adulation when they rise to be the hero

you have always known them to be, the simple act

of watching and then forgetting all they have been through

to bring that moment of truth to the part,

shrug it off and never worry where it  may