SOMEWHERE - ACT I - CHAPTER 1

           So you see, this is a story of a lost time....a story of a lost generation.  It becomes your dare to uncover the truth and throw out the lies.  It becomes your destiny to discover yourself and listen to the voice that guides you back....to your side and your past, your future and your beginning.  It is for her that I write and for you that I listen.  It is for Us that I write and for Them to relate.  It is for we that it be.

          This story may have a beginning and it may not have an end....but the sequel to this movie may be bigger than the story itself.  If you have all this in mind and are wondering what it all means then you are not alone.  The words will flow out until the story is complete in the eyes of Juliet.  It is then that the secret will unfold and the new horizon will lead us into a brighter tomorrow.  But until that time, the questions will lead to more answers and the answers will lead to more questions.  Can you catch my drift or is the dialog too hip for you’ all?

         It is the continuation of a story that began when time was in its infant stage of development. It is a story that may come and go but always keep the reader in a time warp. It is a story that may shock some and offend others. It is a story that may be true for some and may be a part of others...but when all is said and done, it is a story of love...a story of hope....yes, it is a story to write to help us all cope.

In Juliet's eyes, our play has once again begun
Even as Romeo continues to be blinded by the sun
A Star-crossed pair these lovers seem to be
yet their story remains the same for you and for me
Somewhere, out there, amongst the stars...A romance has blossomed between Luna and Mars

If our moon shines like a Goddess, then Luna is her name...
For she protects us like a mother-

Yet she affects us like a lover, full of passion, void of shame.

Oh sweet Juliet, may your eyes shine bright tonight
For we both know that as we may gaze through this milky, starlight haze...
Somewhere our souls will unite

In Juliet's eyes, she tells me no lies
For I give her freely my heart and my soul
But as I dream of her now, God, I'd give her freely my vows
Yet, in Juliet's eyes I see doubt

            The atmosphere is still being created for the pleasure of the reading audience.  In surreality, the mood was created long ago in a galaxy far…far….away…. As the mother ship moved in closely to watch over and protect the long lost children…. .Spock was there to ensure that the Enterprise would obey its prime directive.  Sometimes Spock couldn’t spell so good or write so well, but he was sure to always get his message across to his fellow Trekkies.  It was seen by some to have secret messages, but only the logic of the situation pulled him into the world of make believe.

            The question still remained – What ever became of Adam and his relationship to Eve? Or stated in a surrealistic Terms of Endearment- Why did Romeo almost loose his mind in a desperate search for his Juliet?..... “Romeo and Juliet they never felt this way I bet”…..Juliet’s words continued to echo in the minds of the true believers. To the youth of the day she was seen by some to posses the strength and power to change her world. She did indeed have the power and she earned it. Juliet had brought respect back to the Wings. It was now up to a modern generation to break through the walls that they created in their youth and see themselves for what they have become. If Juliet can find this place in her then our journey may again lead us off our planet Earth and back to our moon. We must return and reclaim what is and has been our beacon of hope. The dream must not die on the moon as it almost has done on this Earth. Romeo continued to reach out and keep his dream alive for a new generation by continuing his quest for his beloved Juliet.

            There are many questions that have arrived pertaining to the characters in this love story of the heart and soul. Many have arrived and many will follow, but you must keep in mind that this story takes place in the unknown expansions of the mind and many characters still live in those dark and dusty places…. Can you catch my drift?  Many lives are lost in the heat of the battle and many are saved. Some, they say, just fade away. Then again, some just live on in the eyes of others. Still others, they say mind you, never really leave but return to the nest.  In an ever-changing and ever-growing world, it is hard to find a love that remains evergreen.  But, he said as he remembered his days in the sun, true love can endure through the ages….or at least until Juliet hears the swan song of her dearly beloved Romeo.

            And so we return to the land that time forgot….a land that was once graced by the likes of castles and kings, loyalty and independence, queens and artists, lovers and liars.  It is here where our story now leads us…..across the rivers and oceans, beyond the valley, above the lights that flicker on Broadway and shine on Hollywood.  Yes, our story takes us within and many times without but our journey has no limits when told through the eyes of a surrealistic poet.  Let us continue on this trip into the unknown and see what wonders are ahead of our sight.

            Slowly now as we approach the runway….Look to your left….Can you see the angels as they float above the heavens? It’s going to be a long ride so you better fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ecstasy as it happens.  (In reality, it was only a three day ride to the moon but the journey took place so long ago that some soon became disenchanted with the adventure.)  You can’t feel your body.  You’ll never return to the nest….or will you?  Look, our journey has taken us beyond time and space and has delivered us to this land of make believe.  Are you still with me?...Can you still hear me?...Can you still see me?  I’m in you, you’re in me…..together we see the world….together we are free.  Stop now and listen for the voice.  You know, the one that is suppose to guide us back to ourselves.  I can hear her mating call.  Once again, the songbird calls me to her room.  Juliet was known to have this affect on Romeo.  She could enter the story and change the mood in an upward direction- If you get my meaning.

            It was time for Juliet to break through the walls and find her true self.  It was time for Romeo to awaken from his sleep and return to the arms of his beloved.  The sad part about this entire situation is that Juliet never had to leave the arms of her lover to find refuge in the barren land of her make believe.  She had it in her power to create her own world and exist within the comforts of the life she had chosen for herself.  If only she had known that her continuing efforts to become even more rich and famous, which began in her infant stage, where she once again returned, were all along only bricks in the wall that she had created.  Can you now see the meaning when the walls disappear?  They were never there in the first place.  Juliet created these walls to protect her from the truth.

            I hope I haven’t lost you yet.  The story gets better, trust me. (We haven’t gotten to the part where Romeo is finally contacted by Juliet and they fall passionately in love with one another).  Sometimes Romeo gets confused because he doesn’t see the light in Juliet’s eyes…He sees the light from afar but he hasn’t yet Seen the light – If you catch my drift.  Oh no, here we go again into the world of the sublime.  Romeo drifted into this world and found that he could never leave.  He knew in his heart that Juliet would once again be his and he hers, but the time warp between them once again left him with lost despair.  He desperately wanted Esther, his Juliet, to return to her suspended state so that they could once again be together in their dreams.  The memory of Esther left him trapped within that metaphor of long lost emotions. Romeo continued to reach out to the stars of a modern era as Juliet continued to build her walls higher and higher around herself. Will Romeo ever be allowed to enter into the modern world of his beloved Juliet? Stay tuned as the search for true love continues.

            And so we return to the place where we once began.  We know the story but we can’t understand it.  We have heard the names but we can’t place the faces.  We read the words and the poetry and listen to the voices sing true a tale but we don’t know what the hell they mean!  As the plot thickens and the characters take shape between your eyes, you may find the answer to the question why?  You will also behold many observations and test the quickness of your mind….You will see illusions and think them to be real…You will see reality and think it to be an illusion.  There are many questions to be asked and many answers to be questioned.  If our mind will take us back to this place then our story will continue.  If Juliet allows her soul mate to return to his side then she will ask many new questions and find many old answers.  There are many questions to be answered so stick around and our journey into the unknown will once again begin.

            Let us once again set the mood and mood the setting.  When we travel on an inward ecstasy, we evoke feelings from the heart that may be hard to comprehend.  Imagine, if you will, imagine all the people in the world living in peace and harmony.  Imagine all the emotions that are locked within the human soul.  But is the soul human?  Is the soul real or is it an illusion of the mind?  Is the mind real or is it an illusion of the soul?  Where do human emotions generate their power and how do we control them?  Why do we feel the need to control certain emotions yet let others show?  Why can emotions of the heart be seen through and in the eyes but sometimes are hard to find…So hard in fact, that we sometimes feel them but they can’t feel us.

            What is this emotion called Love and where did it come from?  For whom was Love invented and for what reason?  Are we separately created equal or are we created as one in order to find our equality in each lifetime and discover that we are still created equal.  What is a soul mate and who are the creators of the soul?  Why is a woman created to give birth to a child and a man created to give woman the means to create that child?  Why do a child’s eyes shine of blue at birth but fade into the realm of the spectrum?  Why is the color of the skin a means of separation from the common goal?  Who makes up these questions and do they have one meaning or do they have many?  Who was Adam and who was Eve?....Who was Romeo and who was Juliet?....From whom did they come and where did they go?  Why are we here and where are we going?  Who will lead us?  Do we need a leader?  What is right and what is wrong?  Who is to say what is right and what is wrong?  What do those two words really mean?  Who invented those words?  Who invented these words?  There are many questions and hopefully, many answers but only time will tell…or so they say.  And who are They who always seem to have the right answers but always seem to ask the wrong answers to the right questions?  It’s hard to comprehend but love will pull us through…..into the night and back to the story.

            You’ll have to forgive me.  My mind seemed to wander for a moment if not an hour….love has no measure of time.  In the rapture of love, he becomes she and she becomes he.  It’s the circle of love that keeps us free and the treasure of love that lets us see.  Can it be that I am he and he is she or that she is me and we are meant to be?  Will time stand still or will we continue to grow?  Will love last or will love flow…Beyond time and space….beyond our earth and into the moonlight.  Will our eyes see or will there be fright?  Are we just spirits in the material world or are we in the material world living with our spirits?  Romeo continued to wonder and Juliet continued to question the world as she became the material girl for a new generation.

            Romeo had many questions that he wanted to ask of his beloved Juliet but could not because the sun was moving away from the moon…For both Romeo and Juliet knew in their hearts that they could not be together until the stars were aligned to bring about the helm of the Enterprise.  We are again about to journey through the universe with the crew.  At the helm of our ship was the combined energy of the passion that we once felt in our youth.  The future of the skies belonged to the youth and the general population knew this all along.  The only reason it took them so long to realize their ambition was because we had built those walls of illusion so hard and high that we needed to return to our suspended state to see over those walls and glimpse the future through the portholes of our minds.

Call her Madonna, Louise, Barbra or Esther
Call her by any name but it's all the same
It's only a name game
Call her Evita or Juliet
It's still a fame game
Will she play the part that will lead us to our start?

Will she sing or will she act?
Who is to say what part she will play?
These words are written from my soul
How long will it take to fulfill my role?

When Romeo meets Juliet.......
It may be in the background of Space
You see, the play I speak of takes place in the heavens above
With the help of NASA, this passion play of love...
Will take place in the heavens above...above the flight of the dove

As we watch the flight of the Shuttle, it takes us into space
Can you get my meaning as I take you to this place?
It's a play from the Inn Space Place
A Romeo and Juliet romance story taken to another extreme
Above the fields and streams
Do you know what I mean?

The name of the play is called SOMEWHERE
Somewhere up there a romance will come to be
Can't you see?
This place is a part of you and a part of me

It's a name game
Call her what you will
But her fame will give Juliet a new name to carry above
In the great SOMEWHERE of heaven and love.

            As the space debris flew past the windows, Romeo was again recalled back to the future and continued his quest for Juliet.  He watched as his soul, her soul, their soul flashed him back to a previous incarnation as the stranger to the mislead queen of make believe.  In her time of elegance and glamour, she was a goddess to the true believers of her time.  She had the world at her fingertips and the common people as her friends.  She had power because she earned it.  She had limitations and she knew it… (So did the people who gave her fame).  She had climbed the ladder of success and remained the Queen of Pop until she came upon the same question that lead her to begin her journey.

            What, you say, was that question?  Could the fair maiden remain innocent or will she become trapped within her own web?  Was the elusive mixture of yin and yang to be found in the arms of her peers or was it to be found in the arms of her lover and friend?  Did she know the answer and could she still feel the magic?  The time was to be at hand but the fair maiden was unsure of her own sexuality.  How could this be?  She was the queen and had it all….but was she too high or was she too small?  She wanted to know….he wanted to see….Together they would find the truth and create the ecstasy.

        Outward ecstasy turns into the world of the surrealistic. Inward ecstasy takes control of the story and leads us deeper and deeper within the hole of untold stories. Romeo again appears on the scene to search for his beloved Juliet. He calls out to her from the dark and dusty caves that were hidden in the past. Romeo awakens from his sleep and wanders to the outer edges of the universe. He looks out into deep space and catches a glance of the fair maiden’s light. The crew of the Enterprise is confused by the actions of her lover. (The plot takes on a strange direction as we continue our journey into the unknown corridors of the mind.)

        “Turn the helm about and head for the direction of the wondrous light that shines from within.” Romeo shouts these memories and hopes that the crew will understand their meaning. The crew takes heed and brings the helm about face. Although some are dazed and confused, others are inwarded and the truth appears before their eyes. They see the light in Juliet’s eyes and begin to travel on that long and winding road that was sung to them in their youth.

It was 35 years ago today….
Buzz and Neil taught the world how America could walk and play
On the moon……but even though it soon went in and out of style
The moon landings can still make us smile
So may I introduce to you today, the 12 men who made those moments stay

All those years ago…

There was Apollo 11, Apollo 12 and 14 who were able to walk on the moon
Soon behind came Apollo 15, 16, and 17 who were able to drive a moon buggy on the moon
With pictures and words…their journeys should be etched in our minds

But their journeys may have come too soon.
In those 35 years we have lost our vision and direction…our leadership and goals

- Now we give our astronauts secondary roles-

If we need a destination in space….we can fly again to the moon.
We can develop a lunar module and return again soon

Because its been 35 years ago today…
That Apollo 11 showed the world just how far America was willing to play
With 6 American flags and traces of our moon journeys left behind
We must continue President Kennedy’s challenge to the New Frontier
And return to the moon to stay…. giving the modern generation a new goal to find so that their minds will not continue to stray

Robots may be fine as art but its human exploration that will give us our start
Apollo showed us that dreams could become reality
Even after 35 years
What we make of today is now up to us….
-A united planet in search of the New Frontier-

It can be here once again…. but only if we reach out together
And fly our spacecrafts back to the moon, on to Mars and into the great forever!

Although America landed on the moon 6 times between 1969 and 1972....
There has yet to be a woman who can make that claim.
Will Juliet be the one who can return us to this place and have some fun?
When all is said and done....we need a woman to set foot on the moon
Let's make it soon!

Just a poetic historical pause......Now back to our story

            As the Enterprise moves in closer to the neighboring moon (Luna), Romeo is spelled by the effects of the common cold.  His nose begins to run and his eyes follow this lead and begin to tear like a lazy river.  As he blinks and the water rushes to his head, his Juliet is once again in his arms.  They are reunited in his dream as Juliet appears to him in her suspended state.

            They wake up early in the morning and Esther appears in Juliet’s eyes.  She has the bacon and eggs simmering in the pan on the microwave (Surreality was taking control of her.). The rays from her eyes peer over his shoulder and catch Romeo as he returns from his suspended state.  Esther moves in closer but is afraid to cross the ridge because her former lover is still on her mind.  Romeo can see this story in her eyes and respects her wishes to break through her walls.  She had not yet attained the great tool of imagination because she never understood how it could be used to bring together the world that she now found herself in.

            Romeo knew that she needed time to find her space and return to his side.  Esther drifted up and out and got lost in her suspended state while Romeo waited and watched.  What could be going through their minds? In the real life of the Pop Queen, why was Esther so sure that she would find happiness with the courtship of her ex-husband?  Didn’t Esther realize that her childhood love Danny was a part of Romeo who was a part of Juliet and Juliet was a part of Esther?

            Another character was just introduced in that last paragraph to keep our story in a dream state of mind.  You have to remember that this is a love story and love is not always easy to understand.  No one said it would be easy…No one said it would be simple.  The key to understanding the universe is the key to understanding ourselves.  The key to understanding ourselves is the key to understanding love.  And love seems to be the universal link that binds the cosmos.

            We return to the cosmos as the story continues.  Romeo returns to the Enterprise and is confronted by Spock.  “Is this curious human emotion called Love, is it, is it…”  Well, Spock couldn’t get out the words…but neither could Romeo.  This “curious human emotion” seems to be more than just human.  Romeo realized that this emotion could be more than just an emotion.  It could be the key that unlocks the heart of his dearly beloved Juliet.

            As Romeo peered out of his porthole, he noticed something strange coming from the planet below.  There was a strange glowing light coming from the eyes of his Juliet and into the direction of his heart.  He was confused.  He was perplexed.  How could his light be beaming up to him if he never saw her face?  But the fact still remained- He saw his light in the eyes of the fair maiden.  It wasn’t only his light that he saw.  He had indeed seen his own face in her eyes.  He had not only seen his face in her, but he too had seen himself.  He had heard his voice in her song. It was his body in hers.  It was her life in his.  Could this be true?  Could this be real?  Who dealt these cards…Who made the deal?  What was this new sensation and where did it come from?  Romeo was drawn deeper within the hole of untold stories as Juliet continued to question her religion.

            As Romeo traveled backward, onward and upward, he was caught in a magic web.  He was just beginning to understand the situation when alas, he was captured by the goddess and thrown into her material world.  Floating through space and drifting through time, his soul was touched by another wandering spirit.  What could Romeo do but remain in the web and tear down the walls that were created by modern day society.  He was beginning to feel a real emotional commitment here and it scared him.  Would he continue his search for Juliet or would he stop and smell the roses?

            For the enjoyment of the reading audience, the plot may take on a familiar twist as our journey continues….You know, boy sees girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl doesn’t know boy so boy tries to win her affection.  As it turns out, Romeo did take time to smell the roses and he liked their smell. However, Romeo was sad that this realization had taken him to the brink of insanity and over half his lifetime to find his true love.  For Romeo was in desperate need to start his own family and continue to develop his true to life fairytale for all to see.

            Romeo beamed down to planet below and began to explore and uncover many new wonders in this strange new world.  His eyes were lit up by the many little people who graced the planet.  They were so small and innocent yet remained so carefree.  They were so beautiful yet they could be so ugly.  He searched his mind and found the lost memory that he was looking for.  He thought back to his days in the sun and began to see the light he was looking for.  Life was so beautiful then.  He remembered sitting on the front steps feeling the softness of the warm summer rain.  The memory that was made still lingered in his mind….It carried him through space and carried him through time…Knowing in his heart that this feeling was sublime.

            Through the waves of his television set, he gazed across and saw her face.  Through the windows of his soul, he could see her eyes shine once again.  He wanted to touch her but she was still unsure of her sexuality.  She was indeed a woman in every sense of the word.  Her skin, so fair with its milky complexion…She sometimes felt that a bronze tan would do wonders for her appearance.  Her eyes, so bright and beautiful, flowing with compassion and ecstasy….She had changed her appearance so often that she forgot that they remained green as did Romeo’s.  Her hands, so beautiful, so soft that at times she felt she had to hide them…Her lips, so sensuous and ruby red that no mere mortal man could resist or would want to.  Everything about her was woman….but at times she would sometimes seek to become a man….Or did she? 

The music is low…..the candle is lit…

The sound of a gentle love song enters the mind…

The feeling becomes surreal, the feeling becomes sublime…

The wine is poured and the glasses are chilled…

The fire burns brightly and smoke fills the air…

The atmosphere is created….there’s love everywhere…

Two lovers complete the scene…

Can you follow my meaning; can you see their eyes beam?

The power takes hold, it starts from within…

Your senses lose control…your head starts to spin…

The romance that has blossomed takes hold of the heart…

You reach for each other to let the feelings start…

Your bodies bring you warmth, you never felt so free…

You see each other’s eyes…you feel the ecstasy…

You look through the eyes and into the soul…

Your body seems to shiver…your head seems to roll…

The feelings bring you closer…your lips become as one…

Your eyes both close together…the secret undone.

Listen now and I'll set the mood....

The scene is set...the players are together...

The feeling will last...forever and ever...

The lovers have embraced...their eyes close as one...

The secret is complete...the secret is undone...

You're spinning down together...

You're floating and you're free....

Together you feel the magic and find the ecstasy...

You open your eyes...you see your soul...

You see the light...you find your role...

He sees her, she sees him...

Your body starts to quiver...your head starts to spin...

He becomes she and she becomes he...

The rapture is complete...the feeling is secure...

The light will last forever...A love will always endure......

            Romeo wanted to touch her in a way that would bring about so much ecstasy that the word became meaningless….Unstoppable passion that would make any human being cry out and long for more.  So what happened?  Did he touch her?  Did she touch him?  What did they feel?  Who got on top and who remained below?  The answers were to follow but Juliet once again entered our story and changed the mood. Romeo got lost in his suspended state and returned to reality after experiencing a wet dream.

            As the candle went dim, Juliet was aroused and Romeo fell asleep. They had indeed become two star-crossed lovers desperately in need of each other but afraid to make the first move.  Juliet sang another lullaby to Romeo but he never heard the words because he was lost in his suspended state, searching for Esther who had just left her body and returned to the astral plane.

             While still in the astral plane, Esther remembered her long lost Romeo and set out to question his affection for her.  She looked out the porthole to gaze at the stars in the universe, when suddenly; she heard a voice beside her.  It was Romeo but in the face of a child.  Could this be true?  Was this an illusion or a dream?  Was she in him or was he in her?  She questioned the child and found she had already given birth to two but could not understand the logic of their answers….She found that they would speak to her in a foreign tongue which at times would frustrate her to no end.  If you think Esther was confused, poor Romeo didn’t even get a response.  I bet you are more confused then Esther or Romeo.  Stick around; it gets even more confusing to the average man on the street.

            The child gave Esther the courage to continue with her search and gave her the inspiration for her next course of action.  The action that she took may seem strange to some and surreal to others, but it was the life that she had chosen for herself and she knew she could make it work.  After all, it was common practice to see herself in the public eye.  So why not make the world a stage and continue for her search in Romeo?

             As the child left the astral plane for the planet below, Esther began to see the light for which she acted and sang her entire lifetime.  It was Romeo she saw in the eyes of the child….It was Juliet she saw on the silver screen…It was a true to life fairytale that she entered.  In her mind and in her soul…the power of love was what gave her a new role.  As she descended from her suspended state, she saw shining, glimmering flakes of sparkling angel dust come floating past her eyes and take meaning in the child reborn.  She became Juliet and longed for the touch of her long lost Romeo.

          Meanwhile, down on Earth, Romeo felt the winds of change take control of his soul as he watched Yentl (Barbra) emerge from the silver screen and enter his heart.  Who was this woman who needed to become a man in order to find the answers to the questions that were denied in her youth?  In the movie, why was she attracted to the fair maiden?  Did she make her tremble or did she arouse that long lost emotion that we all seem to share?  Was it love that Yentl felt or was it just another “curious human emotion”?  The answers lie in the heart of the actress who played Yentl, to be found by Esther for the love of Romeo.

           If asked at this point if I know the meaning to this story, I would have to confess that I am every bit as confused as you are.  Remember, we are dealing with the unknown passions of the heart and soul…So stay tuned…Our journey will continue on even if enter into the twilight zone!  It looks as if we are needed aboard the Enterprise so we must again beam up and out.

           As fantasy and reality become entwined, our story stops here for a moment in time.  Remember, love has no measure of time.  Are you still with me?  It may be hard to comprehend, but then again, it may give meaning to the question why?  Let us relax for a moment in time and get our thoughts straight before we continue our journey out of time and space and into the next chapter.