(Lights up on)
Okay so I have a new friend. Well I suppose that's what you
could call her, even though I realized yesterday that I don't truly know her. She's really funny and
charismatic and happy and sweet and fun to be around and good for a laugh and blah blah blah or
at least that's way she acts. I'm not sure how, but I can tell that she's hiding something. There's a
side to her that she doesn't let out. It's almost like there are two personalities in her body! Now,
don't get me wrong - she's not insane or anything. I realized it yesterday - my friends and I were
hanging out in my dorm room and we were all talking and laughing. She had just said something
funny and we all laughed, of course - she's a funny girl, and then we continued with the
conversation. I glanced at her and the girl I saw sitting there was someone I had never met. The
laughter had completely disappeared from her face and the joy was just gone and right then she
was separate from us a million miles away. She was somber and calm and timid. The difference
was like day and night and I just stared at her for a few seconds. Then she flashed me a big
toothy smile, followed by a look of confusion. "Why is she staring at me?" I just smiled back and
looked away.
So I have some questions. How do I know who she really is? What if she isn't a happy-go-lucky
clown? How am I supposed to know? Well I intend to find out. I'm going to tell her that she
doesn't have to be funny all the time and she doesn't have to be happy all the time. You know
someone when you know the truth about them, about who they are. So I will tell her a truth
about me. I'll tell her that all she has to do is just sit there and breathe, and I will love her for it.
(Ah-hem) All you have to do is just sit there and breathe, and I will love you for it.
(Lights Down)
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"A Truth about Me" debuted February 25, 2000 performed by Jessica Ahrendt.
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