La Viviana: 15. Stand off

Comforted by the lullaby and now both aware that the other needs to be acknowledged, Viviana and her Shadow gradually move from Standoff (the shit there is between us), to a will to reconciliation (the gold that’s in us). In this process they mirror a process that needs to happen within each of us, between us and others, between cultures, religions, and between nations.

Stand off

[Shadow and Viviana]

[Shadow] I am here and you are there, oceans of distrust there and between us.
Oh I know how much you care, but caring is not enough to face our demons-
No it takes courage, it takes guts to see the shitheap that is us,
that is between us.
And it takes ears that want to hear, a heart so trouble free and clear,
and eyes that see us, that really see us.

[Viviana] So I am here an keep you there, frightened of the mess there is between us.
And sometimes I may choose to bear some of the demons that redeem us.
I may have courage, may have guts, but I’m no fool that blindly trusts
your eyes will see me.
Until you’ve ears that want to hear, a heart so trouble free and clear,
won’t let you near me, no nowhere near me.

[Shadow] So I’m alone and might despair, (of) waiting for the moment that’s between us.
(but) I will know it when it’s there we’ll find the treasure that’s between us.
Then we’ll have courage, we’ll have guts to find the gold there is in us
there is between us.

And we’ll have ears that want to hear and hearts so trouble free and clear,
and eyes that see us, that really see us,
the gold that’s in us.

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