Setting ThroughA Screenplay by mikl paulSetting Through. mikl paul
‘Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.’ -Song of Solomon 1:16,17
(There are two of them. Chairs, people. A table between them. We can see from the neck down, sometimes the mouth, never the eyes. She has a suitcase to her side. The air is silent, waiting constantly.)
She: “I remember watching this door open for the first time. And knowing that something would happen here… I never knew what I would resemble, but I wanted to be true to it. To this.”
(He says nothing. Tries. But no, nothing.)
She: “There was too much waiting for us.”
He: “I still want you.”
She: “Sometimes I feel that this was written before we even began to speak.”
He: “When I dream of us, everything is overwhelmed. There isn’t an inch undiscovered in taste or in light.”
She: “I didn’t know.”
He: “That first evening…”
She: “Yes..”
He: “All of it…”
She: “…was ours.”
He: “ We knew she would find out. You said she would see your face reflected in my eyes.”
She: “And your hands would return to the shape of my breasts while you slept.”
He: “She never looked at my eyes, she never looked at my hands.”
She: “I did.”
(He sighs deep. His voice is cracked after this. Hers remains so calm.”
He: “I am afraid of what is inside of this door.”
She: “I wonder what your hands will resemble now..”
He: “All of it eclipsed. The dreams of the before, the language changed.”
She: “When I fall in love again, I hope he will never sleep.”
He: “This wasn’t supposed to happen.”
She: “I want to know about fullness.”
He: “I understand the way you believe.”
She: “When I fall in love again I want to believe.” © 2013 mikl paulReviews
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mikl paulatascadero, CAAboutI live on the central coast of california and love to watch things move. Currently starting up Olivia Eden Publishing and learning how to listen. more..Writing
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