Sleep
by Meghna Anil Nair
Alone now,
I let go of the tiny wail I have been carrying in my mouth all day.
My sister is asleep beside me, teeth grinding and limbs jerking.
Her hair knots with mine on the pillowcase the nucleotides in our DNA.
Tomorrow we will wake up and she will be fine.
Meghna Anil Nair is a doctor, writer and poet. She co-founded The Open Culture Collective, a digital literary journal dedicated to highlighting work by underrepresented writers and artists. She lives in Chennai, India.