NORA LOUISE SYRAN’s monologue, “I’ll decide When I’m Being Ghosted, Thank You Very Much”, is poetic, sublime, and prophetic. There are so many thoughts and emotions that we experience when someone close to you leaves and can never return. What did we say that we wish wasn’t said? What did we not say that needs to be said?

There is a deeply melancholy sense of inevitability in this monologue, delivered to a person who, by design, will never hear it - a relationship between the ghosted and the ghost. The imagery, while simple, is sublime, with a universality that we can all relate to, for better or for worse. I also love the way it describes the transience of loss. Effective and affecting work.

Beautifully written monologue. Caution - reading this will make you stop thinking about your daily routine to remember your missing loved ones. It's sometimes somber, sometimes angry and sometimes self-pitying - just like grief. It's a love letter to the pain we feel with each parting. And in the end - there's acknowledgement of a path to own it and move on. So very well done.