For Mary

 

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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