Lines to a Sister

Somehow -

In the confusion

Of growing

Up amidst our five

Boy boy-games,

Through my voice

Change and acne
And books and games

And girls 

And girlfriends

And innocent 

Hard-ons - devilish

Ones, and lovers'

Break-ups; The works!-

I did not notice you.

Perhaps you 

Witnessed my firsts: 

Teething

Walking, talking, running,

Falling

Laughing, crying, sighing

And more.

And now,

Still you're watching

As one

By one my teeth

are falling

Out.

In all these years

That I

Have not noticed

You, sister,

How have you been?