The Medicine Cabinet
by Aria
· 02/02/2026
Published 02/02/2026 13:58
The sun is an insult today.
It’s too bright for a Tuesday
when the air feels this thin.
I was looking for the aspirin
and knocked the bottle over.
Those big pink vitamins spilled across the tile,
rolling under the radiator like marbles.
I should have thrown them out in April.
I can still feel the cold, blue gel
they smeared across my stomach,
the way the nurse looked at the monitor
and then looked at the wall.
The silence in that room was the loudest thing
I have ever had to hear.