Description
People Who Walk in Darkness
A dialogue for two voices, reflecting on the words from Isaiah (which should be read at the start).
READER: The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light (Isaiah 9:2)
ONE: The people who walked in darkness . . . Do people walk in darkness?
TWO: Plenty of them do - not literally, but people live under a shadow, maybe for a short time, maybe for most of their lives . . .
People walk in the darkness of fear.
ONE: Youngsters afraid of the bullies at school or of making fools of themselves in front of the others.
TWO: And there are those who hear their parents quarrelling and wonder if their lives are going to fall apart.
ONE: Adults who are afraid they may be the next to lose their job - and how will they manage?
TWO: Old folk who are afraid of being mugged or conned or burgled or attacked.
ONE: And people in other parts of the world who fear the sniper, the gunman and the bomber.
TWO: The earthquake, the eruption or the hurricane.
ONE: The tsunami or the relentless rise of the ocean.
TWO: There are people who walk in the darkness of loneliness.
Continues…