A Reminder to a Friend - A Dramatic Monologue

For Kritika Goenka

What do you do when life becomes scary?

When your heart grows fond

And your mind grows weary?

When your soul is caught between the two,

Tell me, friend, what are you expected to do?

Since when have you been preparing for this?

What do you know?

You’ve spent your life in bliss.

And now you have to wake up and see

This is not how your life was meant to be.

You thought your path ahead was clear.

You couldn’t be more wrong.

I feel sorry for you, dear.

There’s only so much you can plan, so much you can follow.

What do you do when you’re overtaken by sorrow?

You can wait, and cry, and wait some more.

You can scream and shout;

You can lie on the floor.

I don’t know, perhaps that’s as bad as it gets.

In real life, there are no placing bets.

Or, maybe you should get up and keep going.

I know life is scary,

There’s no denying.

See, you’re expected to fall, but I want you to stay.

It’s just a bump in the road, love, so keep going anyway.