Dreams Monologue From "Unmistakably Me"

Dreams…hmph. I love to look down at the river and dream. I dream of all sorts of things like my life and a career and maybe even a family. I feel safe in the ripples of the water some going this way some going that way. But all of them, every single ripple is going somewhere; somewhere unknown, uncharted, undiscovered. And here I am watching the river rush by me with nowhere to go. I want to call out to the ripples “where should I go what should I pursue.” But they keep on going paying no mind to me or my dreams by the river. How I wish I could just pick up and go to somewhere far away from here somewhere where everyone and everything is full of life and excitement, somewhere I could be free. But for now I have to sit and watch the ripples go by and bide my time until one day when the opportunity comes knocking I won’t be tied to this river I’ll be ridin on the next train outta here. And you’ll see my name on a billboard and my name in lights, and some kid will take my place on this river and dream of his life, and he’ll say “I love to look down at the river and dream”... dreams…hmph