Alternatives

There were times
when dying seemed a good option
to end pain and angst,
always caused by some man.

I learned over the years
just to wait it out because
the pain subsided and time
brought indifference.

And time always brought
another man, and after 1000 days
when the passion had cooled,
whatever pain that came
was cured not with thoughts of dying,
but with a good book and a hot fudge sundae.

~ Aiyana