An old draft of a concept I was developing
A supernatural piece.
If the dearly departed could speak, what would they say and to whom?
Imagine it’s his only chance to speak before he finally ascends.
This Freddy Mercury story, if you really look at his life, is about his true love for Mary.
A lady he wrote and sung many songs about, and left nearly all his worldly possessions to.
Love transcends time and space.
The monologue begins.
A lone spotlight in a black room.
Switches on and a lone figure appears.
Speaking.
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Let me into your heart again
For I need your loving tonight
And then lay me down to dream
You once said
So I still look deep into your dark eyes
And whisper
Now I am living in here
Just hidden out of sight
You look so tired and weary now
Mary
Do you need some sweet lullabies
To lift your tender soul until
Daylight
Shall I share my deep love with you
Like there’s no tomorrow and then
Lay you down to dream
For I’m
Still crazy about that little thing
You once called a gift from
Above
Have your days have been so long
For I can read your tired
Body language
Do you need to rest your weary head
Upon my chest
For we all need somebody to love
I once sang and
Do you still miss my heartbeat
As it still
Sings our eternal soul's song
Can you feel it
Does it still turn you on
Now I'm here
Talking and
No longer
Stone cold crazy
My white Lily of the lower valleys
If you’re watching
Keep yourself alive
For this is my prophet's song
For the one and only true love of my life
I know my love was once so dangerous and
All your dreams may seem to have
Just flown away
And now you
Cannot recall them all
I may not know where to find them
Or how to call them back and make them
Stay
So let us just cling together
You and this good old-fashioned
Parsis lover boy
To help you spread your wings
Once more
For it's never too late
To enable you to walk
New roads to
Be free
I can still hear you pray and
Whisper
Save me from in here
Mary
As another unanswered prayer
Bites the dust
It’s why I try to return
To help you
Smile at the sun and sit peacefully
To watch all the
Starlings flyby and play at dusk
I know it's a hard life
In that old world
We once created
And even though the hammer had to fall
I still yearn to break free and it’s why I'm here
It’s why I still call
For within these gentle soft hands
Swirling inside their tender touch
Is every single dream I've ever had
And to share them with you
Is a wish
I now clutch
And all I love so much
For you to lay close
In these arms once again
And think of all the things
I once said
Then when you're calm
I'll lay my hands
Upon your weary head
And transfer every living dream
Still in me
Into you
To send you to sleep
To where I can watch you
Like a young child
Dancing
In familiar old Kensington streets
In that land of sweet dreams
Where we'll once more really
Meet
To share untainted visions
A new kind of pure magic
An everlasting year of love
Where we still live
For even though I’ve died
This pain I still feel
This soft yearning
Is so close to celestial pleasure
For true friends
Will always be friends
To the very end
And it's those sweet memories
I still hold onto
And so dearly treasure
If you don't know the way, my love
When your time is too called
By the Great Golden Horn
And you can't find it on your own
Just look to the midnight
Sky
And I'll appear
To help guide you home
For you were never meant
To wander and ride the wild winds
Through these strange
Landscapes
Alone
I know you
Have travelled many hard
Miles
But I can't live without you
Filled still with so many soft tears
And memories of so many
Sad nurses' fears
On this recent
Notoriously
Dangerous route to get here
I now know I was born to just
Love you
For Heaven isn’t just for everyone
And too much love can kill you
Again
Even when you think
It has died
To leave yourself lost
In perilous
Dark places
With no one to lead you out
Of the darkness
No matter how many lifeless tears
You've cried
For there seemed to
Be no familiar faces
But know this
Me and your Guardian Angels
Are here
Take my hand
Once whispered the
Precious Lord on the
Twenty-fourth of November
When the Great Golden Horn
Blew
If I remember
But I choose to return
To you my love
For I'm an eternal friend
To always hold your shaking hands
And guide you back
Towards the light
Sent by the good Lord
The Almighty through me
For you were always good company
And our friendship and
Souls
Will forever share the same
Road map
Forever lit up
Out of this friendship
It’s a shame
I know now that
Only the good die young
It's why I've now come back
From beyond the grey waters
Of the Final Abyss
Filled with a new mission
As that illness
I once had
Which took many of my beloved friends
Now lies in total remission
I still sometimes see them
Wandering in here
You know
But
I don't ever want to go back
For your mesmerizing light
And captivating aura
I know
I would surely miss
If I were to say goodbye forever
With an invisible parting kiss
But the show must go on
As I sang
Those may have once been
The best days of our lives and
I'm just happy I found somebody to
Really love me
When I was once alive
Your forever
Lover in the dark
Who in you
My beloved Mary
I still hope
My memories
Will always reside
Yours forever friend
Into eternity
Farrokh Bulsara
As I wait
Standing in here with Che Guevara
Who is my eternal symbol of hope
I'll always send you all my love
For whenever you need it
To truly cope
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A bell rings three times and the spotlight goes out. Leaving the room in darkness.
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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