No Witnesses
By D. M. Larson from the published play "The Bullied, Bungled and Botched"
ISBN-13: 978-1518661082
(Female Version of Monologue)
MOIRA
I saw it... This terrible thing. It happened to this girl I don't even like. And no one knows who did it... Except me.
Do I tell?
It's between what is right and what will ruin your life.
I don't even like her... She brings it on herself.
Why does she have to be so... Weird?
And if I tell... Everyone will turn against me... I will be like her... An outcast... Invisible.
Is that how it happens... One little thing you do turns you in to a leper? Social leprosy.
The right thing feels so wrong. I know I'm supposed to tell the truth but the truth will not set me free. The truth will ruin me... Keeping quiet will ruin her... And I don't know if I care.
I guess that's what happened to all those guys who stood up for what was right... Gandhi shot, MLK shot, Jesus crucified... I'm no Jesus.
I wonder if she could ever forgive me? She can get over it right? Forgive me... I don't want to be crucified.
END
(male version below)
NO WITNESS By D. M. Larson
(Male Version of Monologue)
I saw it... This terrible thing. It happened to this kid I don't even like. And no one knows who did it... Except me.
Do I tell?
It's between what is right and what will ruin your life.
I don't even like him... He brings it on himself.
Why does he have to be so... Weird?
And if I tell... Everyone will turn against me... I will be like him... An outcast... Invisible.
Is that how it happens... One little thing you do turns you in to a leper? Social leprosy.
The right thing feels so wrong. I know I'm supposed to tell the truth but the truth will not set me free. The truth will ruin me... Keeping quiet will ruin him... And I don't know if I care.
I guess that's what happened to all those guys who stood up for what was right... Gandhi shot, MLK shot, Jesus crucified... I'm no Jesus.
I wonder if he could ever forgive me? He can get over it right? Forgive me... I don't want to be crucified.
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