In this monologue from the play, “Wired”, Claire confronts her mom.
CLAIRE: It’s like you never really knew me. You never really saw me. You never noticed how I’m different than everyone else? The way I dress? What I watch? How I can’t f’cking stand other people? You’re so f’ckin oblivious. At least when dad was here he noticed things. He tried to understand me. But you? You just hated who I was becoming, so you shut your eyes, covered your ears and pretended I was still your little princess, waiting in a castle for her Prince Charming. Well wake up, sleeping beauty, I’m not the princess and I never will be! And I’ve been drowning for a while, looking for something at the surface to hold on to, but you’re not there. You’re sinking with me. And these headphones you hate, they’re not to shut you out, they’re to keep me sane. To remind me that I need to stay true to who I am, not your idea of who I should be. I’m tired, mom. I can’t keep pretending all this sh’t is okay with me, when it’s not. Okay?
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