At the dinner table
drinking milk
eating pizza
laughing
we smile
at each other
we smile
at the secrets
we share
and when we
are finished eating
we clean our plates
together
we leave the kitchen and
go to her room where
we play together
games in a faraway land where
we are the rulers
but then
it is bedtime
and our mother makes me
go to my own room
we turn on
our walkie-talkies and
we converse in static whispers
about when she can join me and
we can have a sleepover
when we are sure
that it is safe
she sneaks down
into my room and
we watch the door while
she burrows in the covers and
we relax and snuggle in the bed
and after a while
we fall asleep
and in the morning
the two of us wake
still snuggling
and then
we smile
at each other
we smile
at the secrets
we share
sisters
