This Was You

Uncle

You are here for a reason
Not just to feel the bliss
You are here for a moment's brief suspension
to contemplate what just might be amiss
in your life
take some time, for reflection
take some space, for the view
take some insight into what the others
In your life were feeling
The time when this was you

This was you
A precious golden butterfly on Earth
This was you
Unique and free the moment of your birth

Tanya

This was me
I was going to love and serve and heal
This was me
I did not live up to my ideal

Uncle (spoken)

OK. Well, let's review.

Tanya (spoken)

I guess they liked my proposal better.

Steve (spoken)

You're breaking my heart.
You've made this into a personal competition.

Nate (spoken)

Why can't she even look at me? I'm nothing. I don't know why I even try.

Tanya

This is me
climbing up the leaderboard of greed
This is me
Disregarding someone who's in need

Tanya (spoken, to Jeff)

This could be your big break into management!

Jeff (spoken, pained)

You want to sell me out to that snake pit!

Tanya (spoken, to Angela)

This is what we do to have nice lives!

Angela (crying)

I can't take this. I'm not as good as you. I know I'm a letdown and a failure.

Tanya

This is me
Nagging at my only loving mate
This is me
Torturing my daughter to be great!

(spoken)

Omigod what am I doing? The pressure I am putting on them…

Uncle

You are the judge of you
release it and forgive
you are still a sparkle in the universe's eye
Earth it is a masterclass in
Learning how to live
step by step
across the ages
all the worlds
and all the stages
You can reconceive your destiny
when you understand what makes you free

(spoken)

You still have work to do. I know you can see this.

Tanya

I can't go
Please don't throw me out and send me back
I can't go
To that dead end we call the cul de sac

(Angela starts to weep. Jeff puts his arm around her.)

Angela

Look at me
Without her I am lost and so alone

Jeff

Look at me
how will I support her on my own?

Uncle

There they are
Standing on a razor's edge of doubt
look at them
You're the one they cannot do without

(spoken)

This would be a very hard life for them. Jeff will struggle with being a single parent, and Angela will drift and spiral down without you.

Tanya (spoken)

Damn you! You don't play fair!

How can I remember what it's
like to be so free?
How can I recall the love and
light that shines up here?
in the dark amnesia of that penitentiary
back again on planet earth
forgetting what my soul is worth

I don't want to fall back into sleep…

(in tears)

Okay! I'll go back