Poetry
ACT 1 – LEARNING THE UNKNOWN
My father moved through dooms of love – Edward Estlin Cummings
my father moved through dooms of love
through sames of am through haves of give,
singing each morning out of each night
my father moved through depths of height
ACT 2 – LOVE & DEATH
Love’s Testament – Dante Gabriel Rossetti
O thou who at Love’s hour ecstatically
Unto my heart dost evermore present,
Clothed with his fire, thy heart his testament;
Whom I have neared and felt thy breath to be
The inmost incense of his sanctuary;
Who without speech hast owned him, and, intent
Upon his will, thy life with mine hast blent,
And murmured, ‘I am thine, thou’rt one with me!’
ACT 3 – WISH IN THE SKIP
The Skip – James Fenton
I threw away my life, and there it lay
And grew quite sodden. `What a dreadful shame,’
Clucked some old bag and sucked her teeth: ‘The way
The young these days … no values … me, I blame…’
ACT 4 – BURNING ON THE ASHES
Monologue by Jason Tang
“We shall meet in a place where there is no darkness.” Now that I am almost on the other side, I see nothing but darkness.
In the corner of my eyes, I witnessed flashes of light. A constant movement of flickering like fireworks. So dazzlingly bright and so dizzily enticing.
Living, this must be what living looks like. The redemption of my body, the poetry of my life.
I must go on.