KIM



last night i watched him sleeping



my body pressed to him



and then he started speaking



the name i hear him speak . . . was kim



yes, i know that this was years agobut when moonlight fills my room, i know



you are here . . . still







i still -



i still believe



you will return



i know you will



my heart



against all odds



holds still







yes, still



i still believe



i know as long



as i can keep believing, i'll live



i'll live



love cannot die



you will return



you will return



and i



alone know why







(In a bedroom on the other side of the world - in America. A woman is sitting beside CHRIS who is sleeping. She is ELLEN, CHRIS's wife.)







ELLEN



last night i watched you sleeping



once more, the nightmare came



i heard you cry out something



a word that sounded like . . . a name



and it hurts me more than i can bear



knowing part of you i'll never share



never know







but still



i still believe



the time will come



when nothing keeps us apart



my heart,



forevermore



holds still







(Chris wakes up from his sleep with a cry. ELLEN takes him in her arms and calms him.)







ELLEN



it's all over, i'm here



there is nothing to fear



chris, what's haunting you?



won't you let me inside



what you so want to hide!



i need you too!







KIM (ELLEN)



for still



(i will hold you all night)



(i will make it all right)



i still believe



(you are safe with me)



as long as i



(and i wish you could tell)



(what you don't want to tell)



can keep believing



(what your hell must be)



i'll live



i'll live (you can sleep now)



you will return (you can cry now)



(i'm your wife now)



and i know why



i'm yours (for life)



until we die (until we die)







(In America, CHRIS holds ELLEN; in Vietnam, KIM is alone in her room.)