In this dramatic monologue from the play, “The Edge of Us”, a woman confronts her partner about their constant fights and her breaking point.
SHELLY: Every argument, every slam of the door, every goddamn silent treatment—it chips away at me. You don’t see it, but it does. Every time you raise your voice, every time you walk away without a word, I feel another piece of me breaking off.
I’m tired, okay? I’m tired of walking on eggshells, of bracing myself for the next storm that I know is coming, because it always comes. It’s like we can’t even go a week without finding something to tear each other apart over. And for what? So we can pretend we’re still in love, still fighting for something worth saving?
This isn’t love anymore. It’s survival. And I don’t know how much more I can survive. I feel like I’m drowning, and every time I reach out for you, you pull away. So I’m left standing here, trying to hold us together while you… I don’t even know what you’re doing anymore.
Do you even want this? Because I can’t keep doing it. I can’t keep holding on to something that’s tearing me apart piece by piece.
So you tell me—right here, right now—is this worth saving? Or is this just the part where we both finally admit we’ve lost?
Because if this is it… if we’re done pretending… then I need to know. I need to know so I can stop breaking myself in half to fix something that can’t be fixed.
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