MEL
So much of my life I was
searching... Missing something. I
was a wanderer... Lost in the
desert without you... Seeking
nourishment but getting a mouthful
of sand. Catching glimpses of
you... Thinking you were a lovely
mirage in the heat of madness.
Something I would never be able to
hold on to. A fantasy... Some trick
of the light.
But you are real. More real than my
life before... My past a
nightmare... My future a never
ending dream because of you.
When I found you... truly found
you... I knew you would make my
life complete. You complete me...
Make me whole. You are the missing
piece of the puzzle that made the
full portrait of me. Finally there
is meaning to it all. The meaning
of life is no longer a mystery. The
meaning is life is you.
You are the reward ... The gift
after the sacrifice. Freedom from
the slavery of my past.
In you I find the freedom to be who
I really am. Safe to be myself.
Safe to love and grow in spirit,
sheltered in your loving embrace.
END
Please ask for permission though at doug@freedrama.net (and include the name of the monologue in your request: "The Meaning of Life").
From the published play "When Mel Fell for Nell"
ISBN-13: 978-1512007183
This monologue is originally from my "Book of James" project and inspired on the quote "Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."