Welcome to our world

Instead of a heart, she was created with a clock that was slowly ticking down to it's last second.

The first time I opened my eyes,

I was met with applause,

Looking around I saw,

Scientists draped in white.

The main leader walked up to me,

“Welcome to our world.”

 

Later on, I learned the secret,

I didn’t have a heart.

Yet I lived like a human,

I breathed like a human,

But that fact set me apart.

“I wasn’t welcome to this world.”

 

Why was I so different?

What did they have I didn’t?

Nobody loved me anymore.

The scientists were long gone.

And humans didn’t want me.

“Was I ever welcome to this world?”

 

I saw a boy on the corner today,

He didn’t have anything to eat,

So I gave him my lunch.

It’s not like I need food to survive.

I told him I was new here even though I wasn’t.

“Well then, welcome to our town!”

 

I learned his name was Anthony.

His dad left him there with nothing.

I wanted to keep him.

He reminded me of a kitten.

So I brought him home.

“It’s not much, but welcome to my home.”

 

I didn’t tell him I wasn’t human.

I was afraid it would break him.

Humans are ever so fragile.

So I made modifications,

To make it seem like I was aging.

“Welcome back! Did you have fun at school?”

 

He noticed something was wrong.

I was breaking down.

My clock was ticking to a stop.

So I lied to him once again.

Told him I had cancer.

“NO! You’re the only one who welcomes me!”

I woke up to a hospital room,

Anthony was crying and hugging me

He told me he loved me,

Even if I wasn’t human.

Somehow the doctors were able to fix my clock.

“Welcome back.”

 

Yet after long years,
I came to realize I loved him.

That boy.

We adopted two little children.

Hopefully they don’t hate me too much.

“Welcome little ones.”

 

They called me Mama.

I shouldn’t be able to feel.

So why are my eyes wet?

I didn’t even know I was capable of crying.

Yet as they say it once more I grin.

“Welcome home from work Mama!”

 

Years passed,

Little one flew off to college,

Anthony and I are getting older.

Well, Anthony is at least.

I don’t think I can let him go.

“Welcome back from the doctors sweetheart.”

 

Anthony was dying.

The little ones were crying.

And here I was able to live another lifetime before my clock stopped.

It was such a cruel joke life played.

I stroked his hair as I kissed his head.

“I’ll love you even when you’re welcomed into the other world.”

 

I sped up my clock the next week,

I watched as it ticked down,

Twenty, nineteen, eighteen

Three, two, one

I closed my eyes.

“I wasn’t welcome here anymore.”

I wasn’t living so I must not have a soul.

Yet here Anthony is grinning at me.

We look young again.

“I’ve loved you since the day we met.

And I’m glad I got to meet you at these gates.

Welcome to our world.”

Author's Note

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