Leaving Hosea, a Monologue | Previous Challenge Entry

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TITLE: Leaving Hosea, a Monologue | Previous Challenge Entry
By Laurie Kiel
11/23/23
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(WOMEN IS DRESSED IN BIBLICAL GARB)

Leave.
Leave.
Leave.

(EACH TIME THE WORD IS SPOKEN A LITTLE LOUDER)

That was the drumbeat in my soul. You don’t belong here. You don’t deserve to be here. Leave before Hosea realizes his mistake!

When Hosea offered to marry me, I almost laughed. Marry ME? I thought Hosea was supposed to be a prophet. I thought Hosea was supposed to be a man of God. I thought Hosea was supposed to be wise.

But marrying a prostitute?

That made no sense.

And yet…
To be married.
To be protected.
To be cherished?

To have someone want me for more than a night?

But then the bonds of matrimony turned into chains.

I could not breathe.
I could not move.
I could not think.

Only one word filled my mind.

Leave.

Looking over my shoulder at my pleasures of the past, my many lovers, my many admirers. I dimly remember as a little girl being taught about Lot’s wife. Don’t look back. Remember Lot’s wife. And yet I couldn’t help but look back. I couldn’t help but go back.

And now here I am in a slave auction. But wasn’t I already a slave? A slave to my emotions. A slave to my wants. A slave to my fears.

I should have stayed with Hosea.

I was such a fool.

He probably considers himself free, free of his scandalous wife.

If only
If only
If only

My head is bowed, I cannot even look. My senses are dulled. Who will buy me? Does it even matter? I had my chance.

Too late
Too late
Too late.

Sold! The auctioneer declares. Numb beyond caring, I lift my head to see my new owner.

(SAYS IN DISBELIEVING JOY)
Hosea?

This is a dramatization based on the book of Hosea

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