POSSIBLY TRIGGERING! Talk of taking medicine irresponsibly and possible self harm. Explicit language.

Your mommy gave you this to make it all better.
What were you supposed to do when you knew you were so broken that nothing could fix you?
Naturally, you went back to that bottle.

Pink, sticky, sweet.
The memories came flooding back as you opened the bottle.
Hands shaking, heart racing, it would all be okay.

We say you got high off that medicine to feel better.
We both know you really wanted to kill yourself with it.
But it seemed okay- yummy, even.

Until you were nauseous.
Until you had diarrhea every time you ate.
Until you realized you didn't want to die alone in the bathtub crying your heart out, or what was left of it.

Maybe instead of writing:
"Caution, small cap, may be a choking hazard."
Or
"Caution, may cause drowsiness."
Or
"Caution, don't give to children three years old or younger."
Maybe we should say
"Caution, your kid who you thought was perfect may try to kill themselves with this, and get high."

Fuck you Benadryl.
Never again.