Five Steps to Dying

By Sarah Flynn

1. Ignore It - The pain is temporary, the blood will go away when you stop looking at it
2. Obsess - Keep staring in the mirror, alone. Feel your eye going blind and poke at the wounds
3. Don’t Tell Him - Hide it, don’t let him see your weakness. You’re a fraud
4. Collapse - The blood is spreading everywhere, you can hide it no longer. Now everyone knows your shame
5. Pain - You can’t speak, he speaks for you. You never got to tell him how much he meant to you. Instead you silently weep as he puts you out of your misery like a dog.