At World’s End

In this monologue from the play “At World’s End”, Mara, an older woman, reflects on the lost world and the new reality of a post-apocalyptic life.

MARA: Here, take the last piece of bread. You need it more than I do.

You know, before, I was a teacher. I used to tell my students about the importance of sharing, of kindness. It’s a lesson I have to learn again myself.

This world, it’s nothing like it was. Skyscrapers that touched the clouds, cars that filled the streets, lights so bright you couldn’t see the stars. Now, it’s all just echoes, echoes of a world that’s gone.

But you know, even now, amidst all this desolation, there’s something beautiful. We’ve stripped away all the excess, the noise. What’s left is raw, real. People helping people, strangers becoming family.

I remember, right after it all happened, I thought I wouldn’t make it. Not a day went by when I didn’t want to give up. But then, I found you, and others, and I realized that as long as we have each other, there’s hope. Hope for a new day, hope for a new world.

So take this bread. Let it not just be food, but a promise. A promise that as long as we’re together, as long as we have each other, we’ll keep surviving. We’ll keep living. We don’t have a choice.

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