SOMEWHERE- A modern day love story


The year was 1961………The Kennedys occupied the Whitehouse….Marilyn Monroe was the reigning material girl and America began it’s journey to the moon…..The Beatles had yet to discover America… and Elvis turned down the role in one of the most beloved musicals in the history of American cinema…. The Jets and the Sharks were to become forever known to a modern day society as the keepers of the flame for a modern day Romeo and Juliet romance between their two star-crossed lovers. The film went on to capture our hearts and 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture.

The following articles were compiled by BBC-News:

1961: Kennedy pledges man on moon
President John F Kennedy has called for millions of dollars to fund a space programme to get the first man on the moon by 1970.
In a speech to a joint session of Congress broadcast on TV and radio around the United States, he asked for an extra $1,700m (£600m) on the federal budget.
The largest proportion of this - $9,000m - would be spent on researching and developing ways of getting an American on the moon by the end of the decade.
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth," he said.
He said "this very urgent request" would not need to be funded by extra taxes provided the economy continued to grow and companies exercised wage and price restraint.
This was his last address to the country before his meeting with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. He is still basking in the glory of Russia's latest achievements in space exploration - last month Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
Three weeks ago, when Alan Shepard became America's first astronaut, President Kennedy said the country had to "work with the utmost speed and vigour" to develop its space programme.
Today he demonstrated his total commitment to the project.
"If we were to go only half way or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty," he said, "it would be better not to go at all."
The director of Nasa, James Webb, was encouraged by the president's speech and said the US and the USSR were on a level playing field in their ambitions to land a man on the moon because as yet no Russian rockets were capable of such a mission.
Other NASA officials told the Times newspaper that most of the funding would be used to research ways of reaching the moon, surviving on it and returning safely to Earth.

1969: America lands man on the Moon
American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon.
The astronaut stepped onto the Moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft.
His colleague Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin watched from inside the lunar module and spoke the first words of man on the Moon: "Tranquility base. The Eagle has landed."
As he put his left foot down first Mr. Armstrong declared: "That's one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind."
He described the surface as being like powdered charcoal and the landing craft left a crater about a foot deep.
A further 10 astronauts traveled to the moon in another six missions with the final manned lunar landing, Apollo 17, completed in December 1972.
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What follows next is what I like to call a futuristic, modern-day, Romeo and Juliet, fairytale, love story of the heart and soul. As we leave the world of poetry and enter into the world of real-life make-believe, please keep in mind that the world of study now engrosses our daily lives in many ways, shapes and forms….Be it in literature, motion pictures, television, music and song, theatre or dance, the world of study belongs to each and every one of us.


“I will take you away….take you far, far, away out of here….far, far, away until the walls and the streets disappear….SOMEWHERE….

….There’s a place for us….Somewhere a place for us…..peace and quiet and open air wait for us….SOMEWHERE….

….Hold my hand and we’re half-way there….hold my hand and I’ll take you there….Somehow…Someday….SOMEWHERE….”

-Taken from the song “SOMEWHERE”
- Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- From the musical West Side Story


The song SOMEWHERE was updated by Barbra Streisand with a music video produced in 1985. She asked Elvis to star with her in A Star is Born in 1976 but he again turned down the role. She went on to play the part of Esther and the rest is history. Madonna has again changed her name to Esther as she follows her Kaballah religion. We now enter into a “reality play” with the world as our stage. Act one is where we met…..”Romeo and Juliet they never felt this way I bet, so don’t underestimate my point of view”…Madonna sings these words in a song that may yet turn out to be true…Chapter one now opens our play for me and for you…

– Act 1- Chapter 1-
(Somewhere on Earth)

In a time when the world of study belonged only to men….There lived a woman who dared to question the authority of her lifetime and seek to develop a true to life fairytale. Her life was indeed complicated, but she had something that They couldn’t take away…a fighting determination to make her dreams come true, and a secret desire to drift beyond time and space. In surrealistic fantasies she would travel….up above, in the skies of love. Her story was real, her story was true…..her story belonged to me, and also with you.

It is a story of a lost time and a story of space. Imagine the unknown wonders that exist in the mind of the dreamer….that exist in the mind of the true romantic. It is here, it is there, it is everywhere that this story takes place….So sit back, relax, and let your mind float down stream. It is not out of context, it is not without reason…it is not for me to question why? It is in the tradition of the American Spirit that I write. It is in the past that I seek, not always to find…but if to seek the truth is a crime, no story would have a beginning.

With each ending of a story comes a new beginning. The past becomes the present, the present becomes the future, and the future awaits our call. Fairytales become reality and reality becomes altered through the eyes of love…this special feeling that comes from above…Daring to question the authority of the past, leading us into the future and into unknown corridors of the mind. This is where time stands still. The unknown takes control and you are in the hands of something greater and more powerful then yourself.

Can this be true? Can this be real? Surreality takes over and the gate to the future is opened. Love guides you…takes you there and places its seeds within the flower of your past. It becomes your duty, indeed, your destiny to take control and walk through the gate with the one you love.

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

So I must give her the time to recover her health and gain her peace
of mind
For a Woman like this must be stout..
So gentle, so fair, her manner, her care
This is a woman who holds part of my heart...
And still I long deep in my heart for the romance to start
For when Romeo meets Juliet, with the passion of Love
There will be no doubt between them that this Love was sent from above

To have and to hold, to live life as one
To offer each other a daughter or son
For in Juliet's eyes, our Somewhere has now begun.

Time was, there was a woman and a man...there was a flower and a seed...to be planted in the garden where the songbird lived. It was a wonderful garden. The trees smelled of evergreen. The animals spoke in curious overtones. The rivers flowed to the common bond that united us all. It was a rainbow of people that listened to the calls of the wild. It was a mind expanding, mind altering experience of unknown fancy. It was a world of real life make believe. It was a child's paradise. It was the land of snow-flaked rooftops and snow-covered hilltops. It was a world of the free...it was a world of the brave...it was a dove in flight that gave meaning to the cave. Dark and lonely, inside and out....the world of inner beauty was to be brought to the silver screen.

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 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, 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. 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 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.





Somewhere on Luna


When you reach out to touch the moon…
Who is there to feel our heavenly body?
When you reach out to understand...
Who is there to heal your mind?
Who gives the answers when our minds question why?

I’ll be here...I’ll be there...I’ll be with you in the great SOMEWHERE.

When you look up in the sky at night...
Do you realize that each star is a sun?...
with other planets and other moons...
These flickers of light, deep in the night...
They might just be playing our tunes.

These planets in the heavens continue to circle their sun.
Like Earth in our galaxy but light years ahead...
their play may have already begun.
Yet as we stand on our Earth with a shuttle fleet on the ground, we can soar back to our moon...feeling the power of manmade thrust as the planet echoes with sound.

Meanwhile, way up above, on the surface of Luna...our moon with a name...Apollo, it seems, has left behind the undisturbed footprints of 12 American men who left the Earth for the moon and returned home as heroes...such was America’s reward for Apollo’s fame.

The Apollo program gives testament that living on the moon is possible...So we must return again to stay. Remember, some said that we were lunatics in the 1960’s for choosing the path of going to the moon...but did we achieve our goal too soon?

A new generation is now in desperate need of a new goal to fulfill their role.
For every small step we take in space and modern day life will forever be with our “one giant leap” in mind to guide us… Not divide us.

So as the world works together to complete a new Space Station powered by the sun...
In reality, a new space race has already begun...
Somewhere on Luna and onward to Mars...mankind must continue its journey but with a little help from the stars!







We now return to our story as SOMEWHERE continues on the Earth:

- Act 1 Chapter 2-
(How to Arouse Your Lover)


And so Romeo continued his search for Juliet. He thought back to a memory he had made when Esther was in one of her suspended states. He remembered hi days sitting on the white-flaked steps. Looking ahead, each flake of the warn away paint became teardrops that he wanted to shed for his dearly beloved Esther….torn apart in their youth, each seeking the answer to the question why? As the water fell down his face, he peered out of the space station window and watched as the morning sun rose over the Earth and carried his soul through the open air. He sought refuge in the eyes of the glowing light that had aroused the curiosity of the fair maiden.

Still Romeo was left in the dark. He returned to his suspended state and questioned the moon. As Romeo sat alone, he stared at a crater on the moon’s surface. He envisioned his beloved Juliet walking hand in hand with him on this new world he called Luna. As he awakened from his daydream, he saw her instead in the eyes of Esther on the planet below. Staring out of the glass porthole, he saw his home planet of Earth spinning below him. Landing in that far off theatre of dreams, he again envisioned living on that far away moon with his soul mate. Falling deeper within his own fantasy, he began to entwine the fancy with the poetic. Romeo had once again brought back the memory of Esther and strangely, somewhat to his surprise, he began to draw closer to his beloved Juliet. (Romeo was always safe in the arms of Juliet.)

Never before was Romeo so intent on making it back to his beloved Juliet. He had invented an art form that bordered on the obscene. How long he had wanted this moment to come. He needed space but he also needed the vision of his beloved once again in his mind and in his arms. He was never before so unaware of the situation now that he had looked at her from the inside with the sweet sounds of her melodies playing in his head.

Imagine, he was once a part of her but something happened along the way…and to coin a phrase, yesterday was all we had. They lived out their fantasy through the eyes of an actor…that unknown and sometimes untouchable tradition of living a dream in an unrealistic and make believe manner….reality sensed only when awakened by a child who longed for the moon in his eyes and the sun in his face.

Look to your left, now to your right….as we again prepare to leave the world of the realistic and journey into the unknown. Watch closely now and you will see…the power and the glory…the ecstasy and the truth. We return to her mind and her songs as they continue to inspire our youth.

Here's one for all the True Blue fans
If that means you then you must be willing to take a stand
From Borderline to Love Profusion
There can be only one conclusion
That Madonna has sung her way into your heart
There can be no doubt which way to start
Believing in her words and dancing to her beat
She has become the Queen of Pop without being discreet
Esther can change her name or Madonna can change her style
Either way you look at her, it's all worth while
Because when she talks… people listen to her every word
She has become a modern day Juliet with a message to be heard
So piss off if you can't Get Into Her Groove or buy her act Because although, at times, she may fade away... she will always come back!

Romeo fell back on a memory and a feeling was evoked. Eyes that shined of blue at birth…mirrors of the soul reflected in the tear-dropped windows that housed her soul. She looked up at him and discovered herself. She found her sexuality but remained in the mind of the confused Queen of Pop. Looking up, she somehow knew that Romeo again called her name and Juliet came shining through. A memory was made….a memory was received. It seems as if the deja’vu continued to attract her attention. She was aroused and he was still confused. Would his beloved Esther return to the safety of Madonna or would Juliet come running to his side?

The question was never answered as he fell deeper within the hole of untold stories. Drifting back in time, we once again return to that far off land of make believe. The goddess is in the kitchen mixing with the artists. She offers them coffee but they prefer tea. (Juliet always preferred tea- a habit she picked up while living in England.) Anyway, the artists were pleased by her company and the Queen returned to the castle bedroom. She needed sleep but was too tired to call on the aid of her maid to change the satin sheets.

As she slept, Romeo returned and lifted her to the helm of the Enterprise. She had desperately wanted to meet Mr. Spock, but the logic of her questions were too much for Spock to answer. Romeo assured her that she would once again see the light, but first she had to understand the feelings that were locked within the glow of her own light. She was confused by this interpretation of the written word so she again returned to her suspended state and questioned the moon.

Romeo was so moved by her actions that he too returned to his suspended state and questioned the sun. They were to meet in the astral plane but somehow their wires got crossed and Romeo fell back to earth. Spinning down the endless hallway of darkness, he was saved by a vision he saw on the silver screen. It was Juliet as she appeared to him in his youth. She was so young and carefree. He remembered back to when he first appeared on the planet. He thought back to the children. Ah, yes, the children….playing in the open field that was now covered with blacktop. Singing in the theatre round that was now converted to house the remains of what was left of the Vietnam Conflict. He saw his childhood friend standing right in front of him but his right eye was missing and his hand held the nozzle of a flame thrower that was given to him by a veteran of WWII. He said they always gave him the leftovers. Romeo had no cause to doubt him. As Romeo walked away from the hero, he was told to keep up the fight until the allies returned or until he heard from Madonna or Yentl.

I hope the plot is not too intense for you all. Let us reflect back on the story and try to come to terms with our past. The future looks bright ahead so don’t get lost in the agony of the past. We all learn from our mistakes and hopefully correct what was wrong and make it right….But who is to say what is wrong and what is right? And how can we be sure that what is said to be right is not wrong...And what is said to be wrong is not right? Or if it is right, who’s to say that it was wrong? The answers are locked within the minds of the people, each knowing in their hearts when it is time to act in good faith to achieve a common goal. (Juliet knew this but still remained locked behind her sacred wall of illusion.)
As Romeo continued to break down the walls that appeared around Juliet, he was lost in a pool of emotion that seemed to be a distress call from the fair maiden. It seems as if he had stumbled on a lost part of his soul that remained in the heart of his dearly beloved Juliet. When he set out on this quest, he didn’t think it possible to be lost within an emotion. But the fact still remained; he had heard his mating call cry out across the airwaves. He continued on his journey, not knowing at what door to come knocking but knowing that the doors would be opened if he kept the faith. Keeping the faith meant keeping his love alive in her soul and the one thing Romeo was sure of was his love for Juliet.

When Romeo got caught in the world wide web of the goddess, he never envisioned that she could help him navigate across the universe. But in the back of his mind, he knew that she had the respect of the masses, the classes, and the creeds. He knew that she could plant the flowers if he could plant the seeds. It was one for all and all for one…It was done for her love and done for the fun. He knew that deep down inside, she was one of the little people that made his heart glow. He had seen his heart light coming from her eyes as he once again beamed back to the memory of her beauty. If he was to get caught in the web, he was glad that it was the web of this queen bee of love….for he had no fear when he flew up above with the dove. He knew that Juliet was his friend from now until the end.

A friend is someone who stands beside… when we need a helping hand to take a stand
A friend is someone who stands beside… when we are in deep despair a

A friend is someone who stands beside… when we are in deep despair and need someone to care
A friend is a star who truly becomes a guiding light… and reaches out to an artist who becomes a fan to give her sight
A friend is a woman who takes time to see…
that Juliet may be the person that becomes a friend to you and me
A friend is someone who stands beside... when we find a mate and set a wedding date
Yes, a friend will stand beside thru old and new, thru borrowed and blue
because a friend is also a reflection of you.
Thru good times and thru bad...try not to get too sad.
When sadness and loneliness take control of your life…
we must rise above and start with Love.
From family and friends, from lovers who care…
we must be willing to change, we must be willing to share
If we can look to the future with light in our eyes...
we can overcome the heartaches, the sadness and the sighs
For it's the little things that we do that will make us feel new.
Who knew? …A friend in Juliet may just be a friend in you

Lift up, lift off….We once again take to the skies as our story continues. If the mood is right and the atmosphere is set, then our journey will continue. The candle is lit and the flame flickers as we begin our ascension into the world of surrealistic fantasies and unknown passion. Deeper and deeper we travel, sometimes not knowing where and sometimes not knowing why, but we set out on this journey into the unknown in order to answer many long lost questions.
The universe is said to be endless. Our mind is said to be endless when we break down the walls and look to the future using our imagination. Look now to the future and you will find your past. Look back to the past and you will find your future. Look into her eyes and you will find your love. Look for the glowing light and you will find the heart of all mankind. Look in the eyes a child and you will see yourself. Romeo looked out of the porthole and returned to the Enterprise.
When Romeo returned to the Enterprise, Spock greeted him with open arms. This was a curious gesture by Spock, but he told Romeo that he was also half human and sometimes needed affection. Romeo was confused and once again sought refuge in the arms of the fair maiden. He searched his mind but Juliet was nowhere to be found. What was he feeling? Why did Spock act that way? Where was Juliet to be found?...In the arms of her ex-husband?...In the eyes of Esther?...In the soul of Yentl?...In the body of Madonna?...or perhaps she was still in the foreign land of his allies….waiting to see the light from Madonna or Yentl. Romeo could not handle the questions so he made a memory and returned to the safety of the dark cave.
Romeo awoke with sleep in his eyes. He peered over to his right and caught a glimpse of Juliet. She was still asleep but retained the elegance he had seen in the eyes and actions of Madonna. He thought ahead to a memory he had made in the time of her youth. Falling deeper within himself, the songbird once again appeared and sang her lullaby to herself. In sweet metaphors of passion she sang. Evoking a long lost melody, Romeo was lost and found within the sound. It moved him to cry and he fell to the ground. As he opened his eyes, he was drowned within her emotion. His tearstained eyes were still dry so he left the memory and returned to the sky.

As night fell on the land of real life make believe, the snow-covered hilltops began to melt and the evergreen forest of unknown delight made each season seem right. It was a love for all seasons. Through seasons of joy and seasons of light…a love for all seasons was what made each season seem right. It was a time of love…it was a time of joy…it was a time in our youth when we were a girl and a boy. No time to fight and no time to hate…it was a time of our history…it was a time of our fate. Where did it go? For who was it spent? Was it a time to question or a time to repent? Will it come again? Could it come again? Should it come again? Was it so long ago? Was it so far away? Can’t it be tomorrow? Can’t it be today? Who is to say if we all fade away? Will we return to the moon? Can we return to the Eagle’s nest? Why is money the meaning of success and happiness is only second best? The answers lie within, the answers lie without…the answers come together when no one has a doubt.
Begin Again We Must

For in the beginning there was chaos, confusion and then exhilaration
Yet in the transformation there is a new star
In the distance, on the horizon
Over water…seas that wave for expression
Oceans that wander to the edge of tomorrow
Here lies the beginning…if not the end
For begin again we must

To see the land, the color of the eyes, the lights and the perception
Begin again we must
To behold the rally, to marvel at the scene
To relive the movie, to watch the magic appear on the screen
Here lies the beginning…Here lies the end
To begin in the future
Yet, to know why and when

Begin again we must
For, you see, to begin is to start
And to start is to relive
Yet, to begin again we must
We must begin again to give….

I hope you are still deeply involved in the story. Sometimes it runs deep and sometimes it runs to the lazy river in our mind. It is for the reader to question and for the writer to seek. It is for the common goal that I return to the land of the meek. The child in us all is always meek and small but the memories that we made in our youth will always lead us back to find the truth.
I hope that this story is not too deep for you all. If it is then follow your heart and it will give you your start. Can you catch my meaning?...Can you catch my rhyme?...Can you follow your feelings that carry through time? If you stay tuned, the story may once again take on a familiar theme…Like that of the age old story of two star-crossed lovers who need the affection of the other to bring about the end of a lifelong search. Juliet has once again entered our story and changed the mood.
When Romeo awoke from his sleep, he wandered out of the cave and into the light. He saw the dove take off and soar through the heavens with the American eagle. He asked himself if these two birds had feelings and if they did…what were they feeling and for whom did they feel? As he gazed into the sun, he found that he too could fly. Oh, how he could fly…up above, in the skies of love. As he peered down to earth, he noticed his survival string that was attached to his body. He looked to his left and saw the dove. He looked to his right and found the eagle. He looked within and found himself. He looked above and saw Juliet. She was floating free with the breeze. She was flying free with the songbird. Romeo heard her call his name and he was forever caught in her ecstasy. Was the moment about to come when he would once again be in the loving arms of his dearly beloved Juliet? Romeo questioned the moon and another memory was evoked.

He thought back to his days in the sun and how she made him feel. The feeling was once again to be his and hers. As he got lost in a memory, he saw the light, his light, in the eyes of Juliet. The time was to be at hand, in his fingertips, in his heart, in his soul, in his body. Or was it? Romeo thought he had asked himself all the right questions. He thought he had found the answer to the question Why?...then it happened. What happened? Did they make love? Did he caress her skin? Did she caress his? Did he touch her in such a way that she would cry out and long for more? Did he touch her in places that she never dreamed could exist? Did she like the way he made her feel? The answers were to follow but Juliet drifted up and out and got lost behind her sacred wall. (Romeo thought he had broken through her walls to find the treasure of love but found the key to the treasure locked within his words.)

The Treasure of Love
Family and friends, pets and toys
These are the things that bring us joys
Loving and laughter, happiness and pleasure
These are the dreams that all of us treasure
To be caring and loving, to be gentle and true
These are the feelings that make us feel new
Emotions of the heart that take meaning through the eyes
These are the feelings that no one can hide

Soft spoken words that only true lovers can hear,
Take hold of a heart and carry us near
The sweet smell of roses, the taste of sweet wine
The melody of a gentle love song enters the mind
The candle is lit, the mood is just right
The magic of love will be delivered tonight
The fire burns brightly and smoke fills the air
You reach for each other, there’s love everywhere

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
You feel each other’s kiss, your eyes close as one
The magic fills your senses, the secret is undone

The passion is now endless, the feeling is secure
Your dreams become reality, you long for much more
The feeling has you floating; you see your lives as one
You see your soul in her; she sees what love has done

Love is the feeling you take to your bed
Your hearts beat as one as you rest each other’s head
And now the moment finally comes,
When once you were two, now you are one
Together in a world where souls seek the truth
The love that you make brings you back to your youth

The passion is unending, you’re careless and you’re free
You know now in your heart that this was meant to be
You want this night forever; you want this feeling to last
You think ahead to the future and back on the past
You see that love has the power, it has and always will
It has given your life a meaning; it has given your life a thrill

You awake in the morning, together in the arms,
Of a lover you can’t resist, a person with all the charms
You remember the night before, the feeling stirs within
The passion still burns inside, the love again begins

Again you see the eyes and the soul that lies inside
And again you feel the warmth and the love that lies beside
You realize now that love will guide your life
You look to the eyes of your lover, you become like husband and wife

As the day begins to unfold and you reflect upon the night
You know now in your heart that love has made it right
You see that God is love and love is a delight
So now you pass each day with joy
And you see through the eyes of a girl and a boy

And so the time was not to be at hand. Juliet disappeared and Romeo withdrew deeper within the hole of untold stories…Meanwhile, back on the Enterprise, Spock was receiving S.O.S. calls from the planet below. Romeo was beamed aboard the Enterprise and questioned his first officer. Apparently, the distress calls were coming from the heart of the fair maiden. Romeo once again looked out of the portholes of his mind and questioned the sun. Was it Juliet who was calling to him or was it the general public of the Earth? Why were his emotions being tested or were they just being relived? Can an emotion be relived?

It seems as if another body on Earth had just developed “the cancer”. Can a soul continue to live in a body that had just developed “the cancer”? What is “the cancer” and where did it come from? Does it have a cure? Will it ever be cured? If miracles exist, from whom do they come? If they come, for whom are they for? If we pray for them to happen, will someone hear our calls? For whom do we call? Where do we call from and where do we call to? Somewhere in our hearts?...Somewhere in our minds?...Somewhere in the universe?...Where in the universe?...Are there other life forms in the universe?...Do their people develop “the cancer”? For whom do they call? Can anyone hear their call? It makes you wonder…but then again, so does the universe and so does our mind. The story will continue on as we travel through time….out of the surreal and into the sublime.

You’ll have to forgive me; my mind is working overtime in order to come up with an answer to a very deep felt principle that has affected the life of the writer as well as the general public. Where do we go for answers when our lives take a step toward the tragic? With the loss of two American space shuttles and numerous lives, where do we run when our lives are emotionally affected by the loss of our heroes and loved ones? How do we deal with death and can our losses be comforted by a higher being?

It seems that sometimes we don’t tell those we love how much we really love them while they are alive. Sometimes we want to tell them but we never take the time. Sometimes we find the time but we don’t find the courage. Then, one day, those very special people we have always loved take off and leave. Sometimes they leave us and are never seen again…Or are they? What is the astral plane and who lives there? Can a soul be saved by another in the astral plane? If they can, will they hear our prayers? Can they hear this prayer? If they can hear me, can they see me? If they see me…can they feel me? If they can feel me, can they reach me? If they can reach me, can they reach out and touch the body and soul of a loved one? If they can, I pray that they hear this prayer…The story will continue after these few words from the heart. If you can read me, I hope they can hear me.

The time has once again come to travel on an inward ecstasy and find the feelings that will lead us back from the tragedies and into the story. They may be hard to find in the surrealistic state of mind…but then again, they may be easy to find in the love state of mind. Can love be so far away if we can feel its effects on our heart and soul? After all, this is a love story of the heart and soul. And when emotions of the heart are brought to the surface, we must expect the unexpected to happen. The unexpected sometimes leads us into the world of the true romantic and the true romantic sometimes leads us into the world of the broken-hearted. They say that the broken heart will heal in time, even if it takes a lifetime or many lifetimes to heal that heart.

Romeo tried to find the logic in his Juliet and came across the written word. “He who is strong is one who can control his or her passions.” The words made sense but were very hard to live by. (Juliet knew this as well, if not better than Romeo). In order to control your passion, you first must know what that word really means. Romeo looked back through time and tried to find the meaning in the eyes of Esther. Romeo was not the only one who wanted to know… as Yentl was still running free, hoping to catch a glimpse of Juliet in the eyes of Esther.
As the mood changes so does our story. It is in the tradition of the wandering spirit that I write. And so, as the spirit moves us onward, upward and outward, our fairytale play continues in the American spirit….bringing life to the lifeless and love to the loveless. Inward and outward, onward and upward…our story brings us back to the castle as the Queen of Pop is in the kitchen counting her money. She just got up and sat down in her red Queen’s chair and began to read one of her children’s books to her two children. (She always looked to her children for advice when developing a new book because, like Spock, they always gave her the most logical answers.)
As the Queen looks up, she sees the stranger of her dreams standing in the moonlight. (The kitchen and the bedroom each had a moon roof). As the stranger moved in closer to the Queen, he looked into the magic mirror and saw the face of Juliet in the eyes of Romeo. He said his name was Danny and disappeared into her magic mirror. Could this be true or are we entering into the twilight zone! It was indeed twilight because all objects in the room became silhouette. The sun became the moon and the moon became fixed in the eyes of the fair maiden. She had once again cast her spell on Romeo and caught him in her world wide web. As the Queen moved in closer to Danny,
the candle was lit and the spirit of the long lost romance was once again felt.

Will you continue to speak to me in silent tones? In my sleep…while I dream…I continue to see your eyes…I see them beam
Oh, sweet angel will you enter my life?....Will you treat me nice?....become closer than a wife
Speak to me in waves of pleasure
Oh, sweet angel; it is our love that I will always treasure
I am forever in your soul…
Forever searching to find my role
Should I act? Should I obey?
Oh, sweet angel please come my way
Speak to me…in my mind, in my heart
Oh, sweet angel give me my start
I call out to you in my hour of need
Oh, sweet angel, you have planted the seeds
…in my heart, my mind, my soul and my past
Oh, sweet angel won’t you please make these feelings last?
If I speak of love…
Would you understand?
If I speak of beauty…
In what form would it exist?
You beauty has blinded me with love
Look in your magic mirror and see my light in your eyes So that I may look at you again from the inside

As the moon began to split, the stranger once again looked into the magic mirror and found Madonna. He had expected the Queen to reappear but Esther was too innocent and remained trapped within her soul. Juliet tried to come through but the Queen was recalled to the kitchen and asked Yentl there for tea. As these two fair maidens drank their tea, they began to count their money but secretly desired to be with Romeo in the arms and eyes of Danny. Danny was to become the stranger to the mislead Queen of real life make believe but he had to first break down the imaginary walls that appeared around the Queen and her castle. After all, he was a part of Romeo and Juliet was a part of the Queen. She knew that Danny needed her innocence over and above the material values of the Queen and her castle. As the stranger moved in closer to Madonna, Romeo appeared in the moonlight and called out to Juliet. Madonna was confused, the stranger was aroused and Romeo fell deeper within the hole of untold stories.
As you can see, Juliet was beginning to take control of Romeo. She was now able to change the mood in an upward direction- If you get my meaning. Could it be that his Juliet was to be found in the eyes of Esther? It was up to Madonna to come to the rescue of the fair maiden. It was up to the fair maiden to come to the aid of Madonna. It was up to Yentl to come to the aid of the Queen. It was up to the Queen to come to the aid of herself. But could she? Did she have enough courage to come to the aid of herself? Did she have enough courage in herself to come to terms with her past? Could she still remember her past or was she being tempted by the fruits of another? Did she want to remember her past or did she want to hide behind her sacred wall of darkness and not let the sun shine through? Did she still control her free will or was it lost within the words of an unknown character of a long forgotten novel? The answers are to be found in the heart and soul of Juliet, if she is able to break down the walls and look herself in the eyes. (Juliet knew in her heart that the eyes were like a mirror of her soul and that they would never lie to her. Romeo knew this as well, but was never given the chance to look himself in her eyes.)

Our journey has taken us within the lost dimension of time and space but has delivered us back into the dark and dusty caves of the sublime and caverns of the surreal. Who would have thought that this story would lead us even deeper within the hole of untold stories! Oh well, the show must go on even if the play actors have not yet seen the light. It’s easy to see, it’s easy to find….the secrets lie within…the secrets of the mind.

Sometimes we travel our world and evoke feelings from the past, but when love comes along, the feelings always last. On the roads from London, England to Sunset Blue…from Brooklyn, New York to a life we knew…From the sunny hills of a California beach…to the sand-covered shores of an island of reach. From deep down south to way up high…it’s the loving and the laughter that drifts by and by. It’s a place in time, it’s a place in space…it’s the meaning of love…it’s the future of our race. Take heed and look. Take heed and find. Take heed to question and you will take heed of your mind. The answers lie within, the answers lie without….the answers come together when no one has a doubt.
And so our story leads us back to the place where we once began. Romeo continues his search for his beloved Juliet while each questions the sincerity of the other. It is indeed a foolish game of the heart and must be brought to the silver screen for all to see. The casting calls have been made and the players have been tested. It is now in the hands of the people to decide. Or is it? Does Madonna want her story to be brought to the silver screen or does she want to hide behind the wall of illusion built by her fame? Will we ever know? Will she ever ask? Will Danny ever see? Does she want him to see? Can she still see behind her walls? The bleeding hearts and artists await her action as they continue to bang their heads against the wall. Will the wall begin to fall or will Esther be invited to the ball?

And so our story must once again stop here for a moment in time. Remember, love has no measure of time…We must stop here for a moment in order to once again get our thoughts straight and wonder if we are living in the land of make believe or if we are about to enter the land of the promised
Space above. There are many questions that are left unanswered and there are many answers that are left unquestioned. Where will our story lead us? Who will enter our story and will they stay? What ever became of Yentl? What ever became of Esther? Who will see the light and who will run with fright? Who will find the final cut? Who will find the act the faith? When will the time be at hand? Will the time ever come when Romeo and Juliet become as one? Is this story real or is it a play of the mind? Stay tuned and the questions may lead us to find many new answers.
As the story continues to unfold, the characters will begin to unfold and the story may even be sold. If anyone can hear this call then it may be time to escape from it all. If anyone can hear my plea then maybe my eyes will continue to see. I hope that I haven’t lost the reader even though I may have lost myself. If you can see your start then follow your heart. That’s all I can say to see us through. These words are my heart and my heart beats for you…the sad and the lonely, the desperate and the few…the dreamers of the heart and the dreamers of the blue. The spirit is in me and also with you. Someone once told me somewhere in time, if you really do care…you must be willing to share. I try to live up to those words even if they bring me heartache and pain. For if I was to die, then maybe, just maybe, these words would remain and my lifetime on this earth will not have been in vain.
I think I hear a voice from the Enterprise so I must once again beam up and out. And so this chapter must come to an end. It seems that Romeo has aroused Juliet but the final act of faith continued to stray. While aboard the Enterprise, Romeo has met some new friends that he wants you to remember…He said they were once heroes but a new generation has almost forgotten their names. Their names were Neil and Buzz and they were the first two of twelve men that have actually walked on the moon (Luna). He said to keep their names in mind as we enter the next chapter.
Romeo was last seen watching a surrealistic Lucas space movie on the space station. He said it was episode VII or VIII. I wonder if George ever heard the calls from the other side of the wall. He must have heard the voice from inside. After all, his movies were seen by the crew of the Enterprise and they all respected his vision and looked to him for help in their hour of need….For they knew that he was a pioneer and a fellow Trekkie.
It seems to me that places in the heart are where the emotions will start and if you feel the tears of joy you will see through the eyes of a girl and a boy. So if you love him, let him know and if you don’t then let him go. For true love will never die but only grow stronger in each and every lifetime. Romeo leaves you with words of wisdom that were sung to him in his youth… “There will be answer….Let it Be”…..Let us be as one….Let us see as one…Isn’t it time? Romeo was lost in a dream as he pondered at this question. The lights went dim, the candle flame flickered and the chapter finally came to an end.


Somewhere at Cocoa Beach, Florida
Welcome, the Inn Space Place
Welcome, the deep space race
To one and all, to large and small
Welcome, to the pioneers of a new space and time
Welcome, to this story of reality and rhyme

The reality began on a late sixties date
It was here that we sat; it is here that we wait
On a pad, by the sea
In a space, in a place called Cape Kennedy
Atop the Saturn, atop the Five
To the moon and back, the pioneers survived
Waiting and counting, hoping to see
The new Space Inn, a place to be

Welcome, the Inn Space Place
I hear the station is new, I hear the people are true
Hope to see it soon, you know, Tranquility Base, the moon!
Houston, can you copy, can you hear?
It's really lonely out in the blue
Well, it's not that blue when the sky turns black
It's only a three day ride (and a free ride back)

This story took place not so long ago
Can you remember the story, can you recall the show?
They called it Mercury, Gemini, and Project Apollo
They brought true a dream in a time of tomorrow
First there was Neil and Buzz who set foot on the moon from Apollo 11
Then ten more astronauts lived on our moon as we continued to reach out into heaven
But where did they go? Apollo 18, 19, and 20
We achieved our goal so they took our money...

They took our money, but not our suits
They took our rover, but not our boots
We still have the rocks, we left behind the prints
We still have the money, we still have the mints
So Washington, please print some soon
Please, Mr. Politician, have you ever FELT the moon?

Welcome, the Inn Space Place
Welcome, the deep space race
The deep space race is about to begin
And we know in our hearts why we must win
From Mars or the Moon, from Jupiter or Pluto’s moon, Charon
Wherever we land, hand in hand, woman and man...
There's a place for us… There is a place...SOMEWHERE in space.
-Act 1- Chapter 3-
(Emotion Through Time)

Life in the dark ages seemed so restless to the true believers of the modern era. The lovers would wake up early in the morning and at all hours of the night in order to find comfort in the arms of their soul mate. It seemed as if they were living out surrealistic fantasies through the eyes of another. These actors never understood the meaning or the logic of the questions, but they always had their answer to the problem. It was if they had lived here before. They knew not from whom or from where it came, but it had indeed come. What, you ask, was this feeling that had come into their loves and taken control of their souls? It was that age old feeling of love….love, yes love was the means that guided their destiny and love was the flower that was planted by the seeds of yesterday’s dreams. Love was the face that drove them to seek the answer…and love was the creator of the face that guided them back.

They returned back to themselves and back to the world of the living. You see, it was this age old story of love and romance that brought meaning to the question why? No need to ask, no need to ponder; the question was answered in the eyes of the fair maiden. The question was answered in the eyes of a lover. The question was answered in the eyes of a Queen. The question was answered in the eyes of love. The question was answered in the eyes of themselves. The feeling stirred within and was brought into focus through the faith and through the love. The doors of perception were opened and the light came shining through…No need to question, no need to seek…the flower of love was growing in the eyes of the meek.

Every time we question ourselves and try to find the answer to our problem, we are once again confronted with ourselves. So, you see, it is from within that we seek the truth and from without that we find the answers. They are always there to find but sometimes not so kind. Our souls seek guidance from our mate. As a result, sometimes without knowing, we are guided back to ourselves to find ourselves. It’s only logical and seems to make sense. Either in dreams or in reality, we remain together, each seeking the other to find the whole.

The story is told through and in the eyes but the logic of the situation is sometimes harder to comprehend then the reality of the illusion. Souls pass by and souls pass in, but the soul never parts when the mate stays within the body of the two. The two become one and the secret is undone…making love real and making love grow; the vision in the eyes continues to show…the vision in the eyes continues to flow. The love of the soul takes meaning through the eyes and the magic once again appears. The soul takes the love and the feelings rise from the heart. The feelings rise from the heart and give us our start. Yes, the love of the soul brings the two as one and the magic of the past is complete and undone.

This story may seem to have changed in tone and quality, but my soul and my mate are controlling my mind and controlling my fate. So please bear with me as I try to answer the questions that arise in my mind. I sometimes feel as if I am traveling through time but the story is sublime so it sometimes gets deep and sometimes remains level. If I can continue my story, then it may bring meaning to myself as well as the reader.

I write from my heart and my heart is sometimes affected by the wandering spirit that I spoke of in surrealistic terms of endearment. Remember that age old love story of Romeo and Juliet….that story seems to be the common bond that links my words together in a chain of love. Each and every day, it will become more into focus but it also may seem harder to comprehend. It was written to challenge the reader and bring our society to a higher place in space and also in mind.

The story leads on and out but it continues nevertheless. After all, the story began when time was in its infant stage. It began when the soul was one and the feelings were lived by both halves. Romeo was Juliet and Juliet was Romeo. They were as one in both body and soul. They had achieved the height of ecstasy and wanted to feel more…so they were split to experience the feelings of the other. It was surrealistic but at the same time, it was a living, breathing, fantasy of the mind and body.

Again our fairytale story of the heart and mind takes us back to the land of real life make believe…or does it? We once again travel inward and find our story has taken on the direction of surreality once again. You see, it is easy to comprehend the story when and if we can look beyond our everyday world and look through and in the eyes of love to find the answers. It seems only logical to seek from within to find the answers. Let us now begin to look within to find out what in the hell this whole story of fantasy and dreams really does mean!

So we now ask ourselves, what does it mean? Who is Juliet? Who is Romeo? Who is Esther? Who are Yentl and Madonna? The answers were to follow but Juliet once again appeared on the scene and changed my words. You see, Juliet was to be found in the eyes of the fair maiden but she never understood this so she continued to live out her fantasy through the eyes of an actress. She had indeed lived out her life through and in the eyes of Romeo, but poor Romeo never knew what hit him. He never knew why he felt as he did, but he was sure, beyond a doubt, that he felt love for his dearly beloved Juliet.

Juliet had lived out her love through the ages and in the sages…the sages of past and present alike. She lived out herself through herself but by herself. She now found that she needed to find herself but through himself. Romeo knew but was sad and felt blue. It was new and true blue but remained old and free…it remained in their eyes for both to see…the light of love remained in their eyes for both to see. The love affair remained alive because they let it be. They let the love flow and they let Them know. They needed to be loved but also longed to be in the heavens above. Above us, in the blue skies of joy…both Romeo and Juliet remained in the girl and the boy…biding their time until moon project was announced and the stars were aligned with the sun to bring about the spirit of their birth so that they could once again become one.

As the moon again splits and the sun moves away from the light, Romeo is again trapped within the world wide web of the Queen. She has left the kitchen and moved into the den. (She wanted to make the move to the bedroom, but it didn’t have a satellite radio and T.V.) As she moved into the den, the lion of the house was placed in the magical garden and turned into a *****cat. It came in from the cold and snuggled up next to Romeo as the Queen watched and got jealous. Romeo studied the cat and tried to plan its every move, but the cat was too quick and sometimes made him look like a fool. Nevertheless, Romeo became attached to the cat and followed it into the wild world or real life make believe. Could it be that the *****cat’s eyes contained the light of the fair maiden? Could it be that the *****cat was the fair maiden in the eyes of the feline? Could it be that the light of love was shining from the eyes of the *****cat? Could this be true? Could this be real? Who dealt these cards? Who made the deal?

Meanwhile, aboard the Enterprise, Spock was talking to the crew in hopes that they would understand the message that was being sent through a mind meld. They knew that Romeo was lost in a deep sleep and was searching for his Juliet in his dreams. Spock could see how much Juliet was affecting the heart and soul of Romeo but he still could not completely understand or comprehend the meaning of love. How could he? He never felt it…or did he? After all, Spock was half human and remembered this emotion being taught to him by his mother.

His mother was indeed human and had once before felt this emotion take control of her life and deliver her to the arms of her husband and friend. She had found love in the eyes of an alien, but this alien was living in the eyes of a father figure and truly caring individual. She knew that love was a universal emotion and could be felt by both. She had remained faithful to her husband and bore him a son…a son to be proud of and a son to be looked after. She had devoted her lifetime in hopes that she could express the importance of love to her son. But Spock was a completely logical man and questioned any emotion that could not give him a completely logical answer. It was a trait that he had inherited from his father and brought him respectability and admiration from his fellow trekkies. All in all, Spock was a friend to Romeo and both respected the feelings of the other….Spock was recalled to the helm and Romeo beamed down to the planet below.

As the atoms materialized to bring about the figure of Romeo, Juliet was amazed and questioned the moon. When Romeo came into being, he sought out on a journey into the unknown. He had been here before, but he could not remember where or when. He only knew that he had seen his beloved Juliet on the silver screen and could not leave this world until she knew he had returned. He was to become her friend and builder of her self esteem. But still, she remained locked in her land of make believe, never realizing the truth that reality could bring. Romeo knew that it was easy to see when looked at from behind and in front of the wall of illusion. The wall was indeed high, but Romeo had found the great tool of imagination that could be used to see through and beyond the wall of illusion. It was found in his and her mind but he only realized this when he questioned the answer to the question Why?

Look out, Look in….Lift up, Lift off….the story takes on a poetic mood as we travel beyond time and space. To your left is your fantasy…to your right is the light- the light of love and hope, faith and dreams. Look now inside and see your eyes beam. The beam of light is becoming stronger. The eyes are being brightened by the combined passion of the crew of the Enterprise. As the crew looks on and the light grows stronger, our story begins to take on a hopeful turn. If the crew is ready to see the meaning and the actors have unmasked, then this play may take on a turn towards the romantic. (Romeo has not yet met his beloved Juliet, so our story may wander on and out, in and up; beyond and below…we can’t say because we don’t know.)

I'm back from Earth
Still searching for my Juliet
With these words I don't regret
The feelings....they spring from my soul
Like stars being swallowed like a large black hole

If you like I'll change the tone
But please don't let me be the one to be lost alone
Is there another poet who can take my lead?
Is there a woman who will accept my seed?

The game of life has turned lonely and gray
Is there a woman who will come my way?....
with smiles of sunshine and poetry in her heart
How long must I wait to let these feelings start?

Oh Juliet, wherefore art thou
Do you still exist in this world of plenty....
Or am I destined to live in this land of cyberspace
Searching for love in a mean and ugly race

A race that shows no signs of real life
Won't you please answer me now and become my wife.

I hope you, the reader are aroused by the tone of the story. I seek to arouse the curiosity of myself as well as the reader. It is for you that I continue and for her that I continue to seek. So if you remain interested in the story, we all may become meek. What does that word really mean? (He asks himself as he ponders.) What is meek and who will seek? I believe that the open-minded, truly romantic, mind expanding artist in us all is trapped within the hearts and minds of our soul. We just need to set it free to let it be. We all need to see. We all need to be….to be meek at heart and return to the feelings that we felt in our youth. I can still remember my youth but I continue the search to find the truth. I know it remains in my control, locked within her body and soul, so I must return to the nest to find my role.

As the sun rose up in the west and set down in the east, the songbird flew out of the nest and sought refuge in the blue skies of love. The snow-covered hilltops have melted and the spring winds blow the brown-flaked leaves to the brown-green grass below. The winds of change have started their journey through the open air and the souls of the past continue to seek refuge in the bodies of the present. The people gather in the open fields and the lovers embrace to become as one. The air is filled with the smell of Mother Nature and the children awaken from their sleep and wander out into the sun of their future. Time stands still and the songbird calls out to herself. She seeks the past, finds the future, and awaits the present. The fairy tale is read, the poems are written, the story is told and the actors await their roles. Who will play the parts and who will find their starts? Who will seek their love and who will fly above? When will we know? When will it show? Romeo called out for Juliet but she never answered. He left his mind and seeked the truth through time. Juliet was left in her star-studded world and continued to play her foolish games of the heart. Romeo tried to find the logic in her situation but was lost in himself and fell deeper within the hole of untold stories.

I hope I haven’t lost the reader. That last paragraph was filled with numerous poetic overtones. I throw them in to keep the story in a surrealistic fairy tale mood. After all, I am a poet at heart and the words just seem to flow out. I really don’t know why or where but as long as they keep coming, I’ll keep writing them down. As the story moves on so does the plot and so goes the story. As the story moves on, the characters move in and out of the astral plane and into the eyes. The eyes see the soul and search for their role. The soul sees the dove and flies up above. While in the air, we see the earth and return to the place that gave us our birth.

It seems as if Madonna has found herself and has taken refuge in the eyes of Esther. While in a state of confusion, Madonna returned to her suspended state to find the feelings that she had experienced in the eyes and actions of Esther. She discovered that the walls of illusion were slowly being torn town by Romeo, so she returned to her mind and found the innocence of Juliet in the eyes of Esther. She had indeed become Juliet but the surreality of her situation lead her further within the hole of untold stories and deeper within herself. She wanted to return to the role of Esther but the déjà vu lead her instead to follow the course of Juliet and find her sexuality in the eyes and actions of Romeo.

Romeo was shocked to find that Madonna had disappeared so he returned to his suspended state and questioned the moon. He wanted Juliet to return to her suspended state and question the moon so that they could once again be together in their dreams. Romeo knew that while in the dream state of the mind, his soul would once again be ignited with the spark of their passion together. As he fell asleep, Romeo dreamed of the light at the end of the tunnel. It was still dim, but at least now he could see a spark. For both Romeo and Juliet knew that the light was dim and to make it bright, they had to go out on a limb.

The fruits of love were growing on the tree of knowledge. We once again take a turn back in time and mind to return to that far off land of make believe. The tree of knowledge was growing larger and stronger and its branches are beginning to uncover the buds that grew in its youth. In the garden of this paradise, we find that the snow has melted and given birth to the many fruitful flowers that were hidden by the cold and lonely winter. The seeds that were planted in the summer have endured the harsh winter to bring about the growth of the spring harvest. The rose once again shines its radiant glow and the creatures of the garden once again illuminate the atmosphere and the soul of the songbird flies free in the open air. As her song fills the airwaves of the sky, the lovers wander out of their shelter and peer into the blue skies above….the blue skies of joy, the blue skies of love. Once again, the children are together, playing on the green grass of the paradise reborn.

Romeo awakens from his sleep and wanders out of the cave. He looks up and sees the dove take flight. He studies its every movement as the dove floats free with the open air. His eyes are fixed on this winged bird of beauty when he hears the mating call of the songbird cry out across the windmills of his mind. He gets lost in a memory and recalls the vision of his dearly beloved Juliet once again in his arms. He wants her. He needs her. He loves her. But does she love him? Does she need him? Does she want him? Is he alive in her memory or is he lost within a pool of emotion? He has reached out for her love and given freely from his soul….but still he is lost and can’t find his role. Will he survive or will he fall? The questions lead to more answers and the answers lead to more questions.

As our story continues, we see that Yentl is still in desperate search of the answer to the question why? Romeo sees that her search has brought her soul into the hearts and minds of the common people. Her image, which was once larger then life, has now progressed to take on the form of the fair maiden. She has climbed the mountain, reached the peak, and is traveling back in time to find the feelings that she once felt in her youth. While on her climb to the top, she had indeed come across many barriers, but her faith in herself and her goal lead, and at times pushed herself to continue up, above, and beyond on her lifelong search for the truth. Many tried to stop her. Many tried to beat her. Many tried to follow her. Many even questioned her motives and her logic. But still, she listened to the voice from inside and forged the path that lead her to the top of the mountain. And so, she stands at the top and looks around but where is the happiness They said would be found? She climbed the mountain, but she climbed it alone. She has now found a husband but continues to seek the happiness she found in her home.

As Yentl continues her search for the truth, Romeo sits alone and watches as the sun moves closer to the moon. He sees Yentl in her youth and hopes and prays that she will once again return to her suspended state and see through the eyes of the fair maiden.(He knew that his Juliet was to be found in the eyes of the fair maiden so he desperately tried to break through the walls that appeared around his beloved Juliet.) As the walls begin to fall apart, Yentl can see Danny watching her from the inside. You see, Danny was a part of Yentl and Yentl was a part of Juliet who was a part of Romeo. If you believe in past lives then this story may have more meaning to the reader.

As I said before, this story may be true for some and a part of others. With this in mind, you must bare with me as we continue our search within the unknown corridors of the mind. As we seek the truth through time, we travel in and out of the realistic world and in and out of the sublime. As we continue on our journey, it may become even more confusing then it already appears to be. Consider it a challenge to your mind as we continue on with the story…into the day, out of the night, back to the mind and back to the light.
As Danny grew older, he began to grow weaker in body but stronger in faith. He needed the sight of Yentl or Madonna in order to survive in his world. He wanted to break through the walls and find himself. He was at a point where time stood still. He needed to experience the touch of his alter ego as much as he needed to experience the wonders of life. He needed Juliet now more then ever. He continued to call out to Yentl and Madonna but still they refused to answer. Why did they insist on playing their foolish games of the heart? He wanted to know. She wanted to see. Together, they would grow
as one and create the ecstasy.

If you look at a woman with eyes of respect
You will always be respected in turn
With no bridges to be burned
How she acts is her way of showing
That there really is no way of knowing
What her next re-invention will be
But you can be sure it will have an effect on you and me
What that effect will be is up to you and me
For we all view Madonna in a separate piece of mind
Changing our opinions throughout time
So Esther, act if you will and sing if you may
But please keep the music coming our way
And I’ll continue to write your reality play….

As each day passed, Romeo began to draw deeper and deeper within himself. He needed Juliet but he never knew if Juliet needed him. His head began to turn and his mind began to spin. He was at a point of no return. He wanted to go forward, but something made him stay. He wanted to break free…to let it be…to find the magic, the love and the ecstasy. Romeo began to take on the role of Daniel as he fell deeper and deeper within the hole of untold stories.

Our story now leads us back to the land of make-believe. We find that the Queen has invited some guests to join her in the den. As night falls on the castle, the Queen is seen by her guests and takes refuge in the eyes of Esther. Esther looks across the t