Let Me Out

You ever catch your own reflection doing something it shouldn't? Last night,

I was brushing my teeth when my reflection blinked before I did. I thought maybe

I was just exhausted from pulling another all-nighter at the hospital, residency will do

that to you. But something about the way my reflected eyes lingered on me,

too focused, too knowing, made me pause. I tried to laugh it off,

shaking my head, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something was watching me from

the other side of the mirror . I finished up and went to

bed, but sleep didn't come easy. Every time I closed my eyes,