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DANIEL DAWSON

Now Look At Me

At first I was angered, angered at the monster who had just killed my child. I thought: How, just how could she?  Why did she? And what’s wrong with her? Now, as I sit here and think deeper, harder and longer, I begin to doubt these questions. I’ve known Katy for three years; she was a good mother when I was with her. Her lawyer insists that she is in a competent mental state; I beg to differ.

I was at the local pub. I had just had an argument with Katy and had stormed out of our house.
        I was sitting at the bar, she bought me a drink and we started talking, chemistry I suppose. Then as the night went on, one thing lead to another and next thing you know it I’d had my first and only ever affair.

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And now look at me; I’m sitting here in this god forsaken cell looking at a picture of my child. Pictures are all I have left now. I loved that child; he was the only thing that kept me and Katy together to be honest, she would always say “go ahead, leave, you don’t do anything around here anyway”. I didn’t do much to help out with him to be fair to her, Katy did most of the work, but I loved playing with him. Just making him laugh, there’s nothing better than making a baby giggle. He was the ...

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