Bridging The Gap Monologue

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Act 1 — You know, real loss only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. But, that didn't stop me from feeling lost and aching for you even when you were yelling at me, yelling directly into my soul. You knew how vulnerable I was. We were both so young, there was no way this really happened. I naively thought that we were invincible, I foolishly felt that this couldn't have been real — something like this wouldn’t happen to US. The worst part of all of this wasn’t loosing you, but loosing myself.

Intro — Author Charles Jones wrote that, “Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all you were intended to be.” The US department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistic notes that among female
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I have known since it happened that you were sorry. You may never feel or understand what you did was wrong, but I owe it to myself now to find something better. You will live with what you have done, but I do not have to live with you anymore.

Act 5 — I deserved to give myself the same love that I so foolishly gave to you. I began to focus my energy on not fighting the old, but on building something new. I can no longer look for happiness in the same place I lost it. Leaving you was hard, but now the outcomes are so much greater than what ever was between us.

Act 6 — I no longer care how hard this is, I don't care how disappointed I am. This will no longer get the best of me and I will continue to move on with my life. Instead of trying to mend myself, I decided to enjoy myself. Instead of solving myself I decided to discover myself. I am learning to love the sound of my feet walking away from things that are not meant for me. My world did not end with your

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