The Changeling (For MTW)

(A single spot comes up on a young woman)

WOMAN

Change?  You want me to change?  Like it’s a decision...like it’s a choice.  Fine...I’ve decided that I am 5’6”...(looks down)...hmmm, doesn’t seen to have worked.  Maybe when I sleep, then...Oh, and while I’m at it...I’ve decided to change my eyes to green...and not with contacts.  If change is as easy as making a choice, then it should work, right?  What else can I do?  Want it really badly?  Well, I do...What if I don’t change?  What if I stay the same?  Will you still love me?  When I was younger I would lie in bed, silently crying...praying for God to change me...”please, God, make me straight”...I wanted it more than anything in the world...but He didn’t...If God answers prayers...why didn’t He answer mine?  It took some time, but now I know that I’m the way God intended me to be...you used to tell me that God doesn’t make mistakes...but you won’t accept me for who and what I am.  Changing my sexuality is about as easy changing my height...I can pray...I can ask God...I can want it so badly it hurts...but I can’t change it...and neither can you.  So, you can accept me...and love me...and hold me when I cry...or you can’t.  You can continue to ask me to change, you can withhold love, you can keep everyone from me...and you can end up hurting yourself...missing out on me and my life.  I’m standing here...asking you to change...to make a choice: Either love me for who I am or walk away.  But before you go, I want you to know this: I would never choose to be hated...to be persecuted...to be killed...to be a joke...to lose you.  But if I had to do it again...yes, I would.  Because I can’t change who I am...but if I can change one mind, then I’ve done my job...

(As lights FADE to BLACK SFX: walking away)

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