Us and Them

I sat next to her
watching
my older sister
my friend
my hero
as she listened to
the phone
in her hands
almost dangling
her eyes
two hosts
to disappointment
which lke a parasite
lived there
flashing out
from behind them
as he said the words
barely audible to me
"I don't know
what I would do
without
my two little
girls."
Our eyes met then...
mine wide
with anticipation
hers slitted in pain
He did not mean
us.