THE 2026 PROJECT, 52 SUNDAYS, 52 MONOLOGUES
Wishes
BY JEFFREY LO
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REN
I wish that I mattered more to you.
I wish that that the fact that I didn’t matter to you makes me think that I don’t matter to anyone.
I wish that that when people who care about me remind me that I do matter to them, that I could actually hear it.
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I wish that you didn’t matter to me.
I wish that it wasn’t so easy for me to forgive you.
I wish that despite how you treated me growing up, that I didn’t see the good in you.
I wish that I didn’t feel bad for you.
I wish that I didn’t pity you.
I wish that the feelings in my heart for you could match what you deserve.
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I wish that you knew how to be a mother.
I wish that you knew how to be my mother.
I wish that you valued people the way that you value money.
I wish that you valued me more than you value money.
I wish that you valued me.
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I wish I knew how to fix our relationship.
I wish I didn’t want to fix our relationship.
I wish that you wanted to fix our relationship.
I wish that you wanted a relationship.
I wish that you knew that you don’t want a relationship.
I wish that you could see what we could be.
I wish that you could see what we should be.
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I wish that I didn’t feel like I needed you.
I wish that I didn’t feel like I need you.
I wish that I didn’t feel like having what I need from you is impossible.
I wish that I didn’t have any of these wishes.
END.