Relation: A six-act play
Characters:
Man: A man in relationship that is now in pieces
Woman: A woman in relationship that is now in
pieces
Time: The Creator of All, the Sustainer of All,
and the Vanquisher of All
Winds: The Silent Watchers
***
Prologue
(Enter Time)
Time:
I fly,
Don’t know why,
Seasons change,
Over the course of mine,
The hot sky turns to mist,
As leaves fall into the abyss,
Love starts sweet, blossoms like cherry.
Ends sour, sans warmth, sans affection.
So it is I, the creator, the maker,
For eons of ages been doing, the role of
One who creates, one who breaks.
Who in the skies are to command thee
When I am the one to begin, the one to end?
[Exit.
***
Act 1
Scene 1
(An evening
at a park, 14th February.)
Enter Man
and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Old days…
Woman: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: No.
Man: Please…
Woman: No.
Man: Fine…
[Exit Man.
Scene 2
(An evening by a lake. 20th February.)
Enter Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old times…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
Woman: Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 3
(An evening at a park, 6th March)
Enter Man
and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Old days…
Woman: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: No.
Man: Please…
Woman: No.
Man: Fine.
[Exit Man.
Scene 4
(An evening by a lake, 11th March)
Enter Woman
and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old times…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
Woman: Fine.
[Exit Woman.
***
Act 2
Scene 1
(An evening
at a park, 15th April)
Enter Man
and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: Don’t.
(Man sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness)
Man: Do you love me?
Woman: Please…
Man: Do you love me?
Woman: No.
Man: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit Man.
Scene 2
(An evening
by a lake, 29th April)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: Don’t.
(Woman sighs. Stares into the gathering
darkness.)
Woman: I love you.
Man: No.
Woman: Will you please…
Man: No.
Woman: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 3
(An evening at a park, 6th May)
Enter
Man and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: Don’t.
(Man sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness.)
Man: I love you.
Woman: No.
Man: Will you please…
Woman: No.
Man: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit
Man.
Scene 4
(An evening
by a lake, 20th May)
Enter Woman
and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: Don’t.
(Woman sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness)
Woman: Do you love me?
Man: Please…
Woman: Do you love me?
Man: No.
Woman: (deeply sighs) Fine.
(Exit Man)
***
Act 3
Scene 1
(An evening
at the park, 11th June)
Enter Woman
and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old times…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
Woman: Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 2
(An evening
by a lake, 24th June)
Enter
Man and Woman
(Moments of silence)
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Old days…
Woman: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: No.
Man: Please…
Woman: No.
Man: Fine…
[Exit Man.
Scene 3
(An evening at a park, 2nd July)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old times…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
Woman: Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 4
(An evening
by a lake, 15th July)
Enter Man
and Woman
(Moments of silence)
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Old days…
Woman: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: No.
Man: Please…
Woman: No.
Man: Fine.
[Exit Man.
***
Interlude
(Enter Time)
Time:
I fly,
Don’t know why,
Seasons change,
Over the course of mine,
The hot sky turns to mist,
As leaves fall into the abyss,
Love starts sweet, blossoms like cherry.
Ends sour, sans warmth, sans affection.
So it is I, the creator, the maker,
For eons of ages been doing, the role of
One who creates, one who breaks.
Who in the skies are to command thee
When I am the one to begin, the one to end?
[Exit.
***
Act 4
Scene 1
(An evening
by a lake, 11th August)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of
silence)
Woman:
Listen…
Man: Don’t.
(Woman sighs.
Stares into the gathering darkness)
Woman: Do you
love me?
Man: Please…
Woman: Do you
love me?
Man: No.
Woman: (deeply
sighs) Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 2
(An evening
at a park, 24th August)
Enter
Man and Woman
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: Don’t.
(Man sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness.)
Man: I love you.
Woman: No.
Man: Will you please…
Woman: No.
Man: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit
Man.
Scene 3
(An evening
by a lake, 6th October)
Enter Woman
and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: Don’t.
(Woman sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness.)
Woman: I love you.
Man: No.
Woman: Will you please…
Man: No.
Woman: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 4
(An evening
at a park, 20th October)
Enter Man
and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: Don’t.
(Man sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness)
Man: Do you love me?
Woman: Please…
Man: Do you love me?
Woman: No.
Man: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit Man.
***
Act 5
Scene 1
(An evening
by a lake, 2nd November)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old times…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
Woman: Fine.
[Exit
Woman.
Scene 2
(An evening
at a park, 15th November)
Enter
Man and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Old days…
Woman: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: No.
Man: Please…
Woman: No.
Man: Fine…
[Exit Man.
Scene 3
(An evening
by a lake, 6th December)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old days…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
Woman: Fine…
[Exit
Woman.
Scene 4
(An evening
at a park, 24th December)
Enter
Man and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Hello.
Woman: Hi.
Man: Old times…
Woman: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: No.
Man: Please…
Woman: No.
Man: Fine.
[Exit Man.
***
Act 6
Scene 1
(An evening
by a lake, 11th January)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: Don’t.
(Woman sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness.)
Woman: I love you.
Man: No.
Woman: Will you please…
Man: No.
Woman: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit Woman.
Scene 2
(An evening
at a park, 29th January)
Enter Man
and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Man: Listen…
Woman: Don’t.
(Man sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness)
Man: Do you love me?
Woman: Please…
Man: Do you love me?
Woman: No.
Man: (deeply sighs) Fine.
(Exit Man)
Scene 3
(An evening
by a lake, 6th February)
Enter
Man and Woman.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: Don’t.
(Woman sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness.)
Woman: I love you.
Man: No.
Woman: Will you please…
Man: No.
Woman: (deeply sighs) Fine.
[Exit
Woman.
Scene 4
(An evening
at a park, 14th February)
Enter
Woman and Man.
(Moments of silence. Both stare into the
gathering darkness.)
Woman: Hello.
Man: Hi.
Woman: Old times…
Man: Yes.
(Moments of silence)
Woman: Listen…
Man: No.
Woman: Please…
Man: No.
(Woman sighs. Stares into the gathering darkness)
Woman: Do you love me?
Man: Please…
Woman: Do you love me?
Man: No.
(Moments of silence)
Man: I love you.
Woman: No.
Man: Will you please…
Woman: No.
(Man sighs)
Woman: (getting up and staring into the darkness)
Goodbye.
Man: (getting up and staring into the darkness)
Goodbye.
[Exeunt. They both go in opposite directions.
Winds: (in a moaning voice)
They move away,
They move away,
They move away,
They move away,
They move away,
They move away,
They move away,
They move away…
***
Epilogue
Time:
I fly,
Don’t know why,
Seasons change,
Over the course of mine,
The hot sky turns to mist,
As leaves fall into the abyss,
Love starts sweet, blossoms like cherry.
Ends sour, sans warmth, sans affection.
So it is I, the creator, the maker,
For eons of ages been doing, the role of
One who creates, one who breaks.
Who in the skies are to command thee
When I am the one to begin, the one to end?
[Exit.
***
M.Macabre
16.07.2021
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