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SALLY SADASIVAM: Night Sky

Back then our skies were mostly fogged with worries of what others would think. The thoughts flung us apart.

But don’t you remember those clear nights? Far from the skyglow of the city, exploring each other’s constellations.

Can’t we go back? Just hide from the world under blankets and secrets?

Sally is a doctor by day and an amateur flash fiction writer by night.

Mum was a kite, always flying high on some substance or another.

Dad tried to control the kite, regardless of how strong the storm was blowing, always unsuccessfully trying to reel her in.

And I was the string. Always tense and frequently tangled. Trapped between the kite and its maker.

Sally Sadasivam is a doctor by day and amateur flash fiction writer by night.