Painted those faces <br />vibrant their drapes <br />bright their crowns <br />a king, a queen <br />for throbbing crowd <br />legends mystified <br />expression epitomized <br />poetic melodies <br />resounding drums. <br />without a word <br />with style and pause, <br />on stage to enact <br />vision and wisdom, <br />love and passion, <br />war and bloodshed. <br />epics cruise through <br />their eloquent intelligence <br />and at the end <br />with their empty hands <br />subtract paints and <br />those crowns of a bright <br />make believe world.<br /><br />Rema Prasanaa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kathakali-actor/
