“DARK DAYS” (drama) 1 Minute

Monologue Description: “DARK DAYS” is about how we all have a choice that can change the course of our lives if we wanted. It’s not so much about right and wrong as it is about a life change. Picture a person going from being an animal lover, to an animal killer. It is that kind of dark choice I am talking about here. The actor needs to find for themself what will create the enticement of that possible choice. What is so attractive about it? What is the appeal to something that can be so horrible? The actor also needs to recognize why the character remains as is, instead of taking action to go down that dark road.

Character Description: In this monologue, The Choice Maker is a character who discusses how he/she made a choice in life, to live a good life, rather than a dishonest one. This character can be played by a male or female.

THE CHOICE MAKER:

I am almost out of that place…

(beat)

For the past, I don’t know, I guess I would say…week or so…I’ve been in a really dark place. The darkest place I have ever known within myself.

You see, I had a choice to make and I chose the sky, instead of the ground. It is difficult to say what I mean, without saying it but imagine having the power to change the course of your life’s destiny, with the snap of your fingers. Of course, anyone can do that really…it isn’t that hard but imagine having that choice breathing down at you, like a dragon beckoning it’s young to come home.

It’s not that those thoughts aren’t new to me. They aren’t. I have always been able to fight them off easily but not this time. This was the first temptation I had that actually made me consider—It’s just that I walked further into the darkness than I ever did and I almost didn’t have anymore light left behind me.

I made it out slowly through mental agony and now I am almost in the right place again. I know in my heart that if I ever go back there, I will be staying for good.

I promised myself that I won’t.