Odysseus

Is it you have my prayers been answered?…… is it really you standing there or am I dreaming once more….. (Penelope touches Odysseus’s chest to see if he’s real) you look different…your eyes look tired… your frame is lighter… your smile torn…. Is it really you my love….? Odysseus: I am not the man you fell in love with… I am not the man you once adored… I am not your kind and gentle husband… and I am not the love you knew before!…. Would you fall in love… with me again…. If you knew all I’ve done…. The things I can not change… would you love me all the same.. I know that you’ve been waiting… waiting… for love…. Penelope: what kinds of things did you do… Odysseus: left a trail of red and every island!… as I traded friends like objects I could use!… hurt more lives than I can count on my hands!…. but all of the was to bring me back to you!… so tell me would you fall in love! With me again if you knew all I’ve done! The things I can’t undo I am not the man you knew! I know that you’ve been waiting… waiting! For love…. Penelope: if that’s true… could you do me a favor… just a moment of labor…. That would bring me some peace…. See that wedding bed… could you carry it over… lift it high on your shoulders…. And take it far away from here! Odysseus: how.. could.. you.. say.. this….. I have built that wedding bed with my blood and sweat… carved it into the olive tree where we first met… a simple of our love over lasting… do you realize what you have asked me!.. the only way to move it is to cut it from its roots! Penelope: only my husband knew that.. so I guess that makes it you! Odysseus: Penelope….. Penelope: I will fall in love with you over and over again.. I don’t care how where or when no matter how long it’s been your mine! Don’t tell me your not the same person! Your always my husband and I’ve been waiting.. waiting.. Odysseus: Penelope Penelope: waiting waiting waiting Odysseus: Penelope Penelope: waiting! Waiting! Odysseus: Penelope Penelope: waiting! Waiting! Waiting!!! Waaaaaaait………….. for….. you……. (Penelope and Odysseus kiss)……….. (Penelope leans her head on Odysseus’s chest)….how long has it been? Odysseus: 20 years…. Penelope: I (both of them) love….. you………..