LEAVE COMMENT ON ARTICLE
(A Pilgrim plods all the way across the stage with a large backpack or sack over his back toward another person on the far edge of the stage. When the traveler finally arrives exhausted in front of the second person, the following dialogue occurs.)
– I’ve come a far, far distance to finally speak to you. But before I do, could I please have a glass of water?
– Of course you can. (Brings water) What you have to say must be terribly important.
– Indeed it is, as I have come from the far edge of the world to this edge where you stand.
– Then, in fact, you must have traveled the longest journey it is possible to travel in this world.
– It is true, I have done just that.
– May I ask why?
– Because I have longed to make this trek ever since I heard of you.
– Me, who am I?
– You are my heart, the one I must align myself with and defend, and justify.
– But why? That almost sounds like I am on trial or something.
– Yes, in a way, you are on trial and have always been. You see, I must make reasonable everything you embrace, and have ever embraced.
– Good luck with that, my friend.
– That’s just it, you called me friend, if we don’t make friends we could destroy each other.
– Sounds serious.
– It is serious, everything is at stake.
( On the overhead appears the quote: “the longest journey in the world is the 18 inch journey from the head to the heart.”)