(Dream Child, an experimental play by Sharon Lia Robinson, is a series of song poems and dialogue, dance and music. Here are two song poems with notes for the play Dream Child. The actors featured in the cast are Eva Bogislav, an attractive Renoiresque poet and Aaron Hernandez, a homeless street musician.)
The play opens with Dream Child, a homeless musician,
playing acoustic guitar and singing the following song).
“Living on the Street”
song poem by Sharon Lia Robinson
(Aaron Hernandez sings:)
living on the street
sleeping on the beach
waking up to pray
in a stranger’s garden
what about the guy
on the other side of that fence
he won’t let me in
he only asks
too many questions
he doesn’t want my answers
he doesn’t like my message
I am I am I am
living on the street
for the sake of love
living in the name of love
living for the way
the way of love
he doesn’t want my message
he won’t trust the work
he can hear me calling
from the other side of whim
yes I’m living for the sake of love
on the other side of whim
divine high
divine time
divine whim
all of life
is a gift
loving our Creator
love God love.
The following song poem is for Eva Bogislav, with musical accompaniment).
“Wild Child”
song poem by Sharon Lia Robinson
(Eva Bogislav sings:)
wild child
come in from the cold
wild child
planting flowers
only you can see
wild child
clinging to life’s tree
wild child
crying out to me
crying out to be
crying out to see
the light of love
you are meant to be.
wild child, when will you find your true song?
(Many of my writings portray unconventional, outsider people who search for love and fulfillment. All of these plays and stories are dedicated to Meher Baba, whose spiritual insights help me to accept my otherness.
In this play I portray those of us who desire love as a shelter against the coldness, the social isolation of our being different, to heal and to find a place of safety.
The woman in the play is searching for a companion, perhaps as a mask for an unknown, silent spiritual yearning, an inner depth, unfathomable. My characters find friendship and companionship in unusual and off-beat places.
Dream Child was given a reading in summer, 2011, through Key City Public Theatre. I have also read some of the poetry at open poetry readings.)
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