Break Out of Our Comfort Zones—Part 8
The play The Return of the King, continues.
“Doesn’t anything ever work in this wretched city!” In dismay Thespia realized she had spoken out loud. The actor/king leaned close to her, “Careful! Rumors say there’s revolt underfoot.”
But then Thespia realized that a light was shining in the darkened auditorium. The man she had seen in the gallery shadow seemed to be standing in his own light. She gasped and took a closer look; he seemed vaguely familiar. From the back of the hall, he raised his hand in greeting. Shyly, hardly realizing she did so, she reached out her hand toward him.
And the theater quieted as all watched the man walk within a center of radiance to the orchestra pit. He perched upon the rim, apologized to the musicians, and vaulted up to the stage. “This is where I make my entrance, I believe,” he said, and his voice was wonderful, filled with the echo of faraway hills and laughing country streams.
He stood in the middle of the stage and held out strong arms. “There is a real kingdom,” he announced, “and a real king.”
Without knowing that they moved, all the players took one step closer to his warmth. Some in the gallery rose to their knees.
The man motioned to the conductor. “Music,” he said, and the orchestra began to play. “Up tempo.” The beat quickened in the percussion section and wound its way in and out among the street people whose feet began to tap.
“In the Kingdom of Light, there is no night.” And the man smiled at the gallery, at all in the house and at the players onstage. The beat waltzed its way to the tiers of boxes, and even a few of the wealthy patrons began to clap: Ta-dum-ta-dum-ta-da-da-dum.
“In the Kingdom of Light,” the man chanted, “the day shines bright.”
The music was infectious. Now many chanted back, “In the Kingdom of Light, the day shines bright.”
Ta-da-ta-da-ta-da-da-dum, played the orchestra. The man raised his hands for quieter music.
“Have you ever heard of a kingdom where outcasts were welcomed?” the man asked.
And the people answered, “No-o-o-o-o!”
“Have you ever heard of a kingdom where every orphan had a home?”
“No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!”
“Or where those who loved light could live in it? Or where those who sought for a king found him?”
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