Pitch Darkness.
Light slowly rises.
Morning mists swirl around a swing set on the playground in the park.
He and She.
She sits motionless.
He swings.
A passage of time follows. Then...
She:
I used to come here all the time to cry. Lot of good that did. But that was then and this is now.
What do we do now? Not 'what if?' but it's what do we do now? I know what we used to do but like I said, that was then and this is now.
And here we are getting no younger and no less wiser. And here we are again.
It seems almost useless sometimes. Like a bird who has forgotten how to fly.
There used to be a church over there. And there used to be bells. Somehow it seemed like the children were happier then.
The passage of time has been unkind.....no actually, I take that back. It has not always been so. Sometimes they were good.
Remember the time she crossed over the time at the bowling alley and fell down and you tried to help her up and you fell down too and there you both lay in a heap laughing.
A big laughing heap. God, that was precious.
Or the time we got drunk. You remember that? I do.
What days!
What days we had!
Fade out
Time passes
Light slowly returns
He and She both motionless
He:
We used to jump off the roof like a couple of fucking fools! Egging each other on like maniacs! What a pair we were. Drove our mothers both crazy.
She:
I remember you told me.
He:
You would have liked him. I wonder what ever happened to him.
She:
I have no idea.
He:
No, I know you wouldn't.
She:
I never knew him.
He:
That's a shame.
She:
Indeed. (long silence) Yes it is.
Fading out again.
Time passes. Sun rising towards noon.
Fading slowly back. Mists have burned off.
He and She both swinging.
She:
There were these people, I don't know if I ever told you this...
He:
..You probably have...
She:
........about these people who showed up one night...
He:
....tell me again......
She:
..........I never knew them from before and they came to the door and when Mom and Dad saw them...........
He:
....they started hugging each other......
She:
......yes and they were all so happy because they hadn't seen each other in so many years.......
He:
.....old friends from back home........
She:
......and they stayed until late that night drinking wine and reminiscing about the old days.....
He:
....Mary and Cecil.
She:
Yes!
That was them!
Have I told you this before?
He:
Yes.
She:
Sorry.
He:
Tell me again.
Fade Out.
Afternoon comes.
Lights return.
He sit motionless. She swings.
She:
I used to get so damn mad at them because they acted like children and I love children but I used to get so damn mad because I loved them.
And I'll tell you what else is that it was unreasonable of them to expect anything better out of me because of the way I saw them act.
I mean, Jesus Christ, I was just a little kid, you know. I didn't mean anything about anything and it was just unfair.
Shit.
Jesus Christ.
I was a little kid and a human being and I didn't mean anything or was trying to hurt anybody.
I just loved them and they made me mad.
Fade Out.
Sunset comes.
Both motionless.
He:
What do you want to do?
She:
Change nothing.
He:
Do you know what you are going to say next?
She:
Perhaps I'll just keep silent.
........moments pass, then......
He:
If something happened and I never saw you again I wouldn't want to go on living.
She:
You'd have to.
Man:
Why?
...............Time for a moment stops........
She:
For the children.
He:
Yes. Always for the children.
Fade To White.
The End.
All my love always,
Max
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