[The Broken] -Who are you? [The Prophet] -I answered your call [The Broken] -I didn’t call anyone. No one knows I’m here. No one cared. [ The Child] (-I care) [The Prophet] -It’s all a matter of sacrifice [The Broken] -You care because you’re weak, because you need me. I could break you and I know I will. [The Prophet] -Smoke, bones, drinks, you just through pieces of you out there. You’re not killing yourself or proving that you’re not afraid. You’re calling for help. Not the living. The Spirits. They listen. They care. And they talk about you. [The Child] (-I care. See me. I’m worthy. I’m shining) [The Broken] -Leave me alone. I’m grinding you like the machine. Everything is doomed to be swallowed and spat by the great algorithm. Nothing escapes while it boils us. Sun will burn your eyes and scorch your skin. Salt will fill your lungs. You should not even be born. [The Child] (-I’m here. Feel my hand. Hold me) [The Prophet] -Do you remember now? The way of dust. The Path. The way of the wild. [ The Broken] -Oh yeah… I remember this dream. A girl holding the hand of her younger brother on the train. I wanted her to be there, to take care of him. You stole this dream. You lied to me like all the others. [The Child] (-I was there on the bridge.) [The Broken] -I know. You were not born. [Pause] I was this boy. I was the boy. [The Prophet] -The universe is mostly void. Only the broken drowns in it. Only the wise follow the dust. It flows, coalesces and falls into more and more light and matter. The Path. The way of dust. [The Broken] -I know. I saw it on the way down. Everything clicks. Fate smiles. Poets find their verses. Ring their fingers. Song their tears. How is it different? It’s just another machine. [The Child] (Can you show me?) [The Prophet] -That’s God’s work. In smiles in the train. In sunshine and rain. The gold of the Alchemist. The line of the horizon. You fit. It’s there for you alone. We’re all alone. Yet gathering is the Path. [The Child] (-We were never meant to stay. I’ve found my way.) [All Together] -Then I’ll walk. Let’s walk. Walk this path.
