“ANGEL’S WINGS” (drama) 2 Minutes

Photo Courtesy KATI YARHODES 

Monologue Description:  “ANGEL’S WINGS” is a drama of a father’s love for his daughter.

Character Description:  Darlena is a young woman who has fell victim to drug abuse.  She lost her mother due to cancer at a young age and her father has been both parents ever since.  There has been much strain and struggle on their relationship throughout the years.  Both have met many challenges with one another, trying to find a place to connect.  Darlena has almost died from a drug overdose and her father sits beside her hospital bed.  Through great pain comes the possibility of great joy.  The father begins to take an almost tragic loss and steers the situation into a positive path. 

DAD: 

You are.  You are.  When I first looked at you, you were a great mystery to me.  I was frightened to death of you, this tiny, movable doll of life.  I didn’t know if I was ready to be a father.  I didn’t know if I was capable of being the father I secretly fantasized about being.  I didn’t expect you.  Part of me was always waiting for you but the other part of me, was no where near ready.

I stared at you, through the visitor’s window for hours.  Every now and then a nurse would walk over to me and ask me if I wanted to go into the room, to hold you.  After the third attempt, the nursing staff began to wonder about me.  I didn’t care what they thought, they weren’t in my shoes, they had no clue as to what I was going through.

I was happy.  Ultimately, I was happy.  I watched you sleep.  You had this beautiful white aura around you.  I couldn’t believe you were mine, that your mother and I made you.  I was astonished that a miracle such as the birth of your creation took place.  I was trying to decipher if you looked more like me or more like your mother.  haha.  God, I must have had a thousand thoughts while my eyes were glued on you.  (sighs)  I thought about your entire life and how all I wanted to do was give you the best of what you deserved.  I gave you life and it was my job to give you a good one.

…Looking at you now Darlena, there isn’t a day of regret.  I love you no less than that first day I became your father…

…You’ve had a rough crossing in this life and I want you to know that Daddy is here with you, to cross all those bumps in the road.  I am proud of you nonetheless.  Your failures are my failures, your success is my success.  I share in your life as if it is my own.  I feel what you feel…

I want you to know that I will not leave your side.  No matter how bad the bad gets gettin’.  I am here.  I will never lose faith in you…I will never be afraid of the dark.  I will protect you and carry you back to that beautiful white aura that has always surrounded you…MY DAUGHTER.  You are my life and my strength is your strength. 

We will beat this thing, TOGETHER.  I promise you honey.  This thing we face is not bigger than our hearts, our souls,  our lives.  I don’t blame you for any of it.  I blame myself and I am the one who is sorry, for letting you down, for the wrongs you have suffered in your life.  It’s my fault…

We shall overcome and our family will be restored.  The love has never been lost.  You are going to get better and we are going to heal eachother and life is going to get easier and this is our opportunity to make things right.  You hear me?   We will not fail.  We can’t fail.  We have your mother looking over us and her Angel’s Wings have surrounded us and we are going to fly way up to the highest peaks and we are going to be free.  I promise you.