To be. To feel.

To experience that which is
unimaginable in truth.

To pretend, and say these words
without thinking,
yet meaning each one.

The art of the play, of drama,
of comedy, of tragedy

brings to view what others
never want to live:

an imagined world of life,
death, and excitement…

wars and intrigue…
loves lost, won, and wanted.

Less an icon than an artist
whose canvas is life itself.