First Encounter

I was adopted, and this is a short poem about the first time that I met my brother. Reviews/comments are always welcome!

I had inhaled a million needles

and now every time I took a breath

they would pierce my lungs.

The air was made of acid and an elephant

was sitting upon my chest…

But that was just an asthma attack,

this was much worse.

Whatever sense I had had left me two weeks

before when I had signed on for this kamikaze mission.

Now I was over 2,000 miles and 2,000 landscapes away from home,

my only comfort was the wings on my neck.

I had spent the past three sleepless days and nights trying

to assure myself that this was the right decision.

But it was too late to change my mind,

now I was only blocks away from my destination.

I was trapped in a metal sardine can

with a boa constrictor squeezing out what little life I had left.

Even though it was summer in the middle of December

I shivered as if I were trapped in an artic tundra.

I had played out this situation of meeting you before I even knew your name,

a million times in my head before, but never like this.

Finally, I stopped at the end of my long road,

knowing that the moment I stepped out of the car a longer road awaited.

I didn’t think I would survive the ten yard trek from my car to your home,

I had stopped breathing hours ago.

My feet stumbled with every step,

I knew this was a mistake; I should have kept with cold equations…

Not the murky matters of the heart.

I was going to die with only six feet to go,

I was being eaten from the inside out,

I couldn’t remember how to breathe,

walking took all my effort and concentration.

By the time I reached your door,

I barely had the strength to knock.

Panic instilled me as I hear the footsteps encased behind the door.

I let myself confirm my own fears that I wasn’t good enough for you,

that I wouldn’t meet expectations.

I prayed for lightning to strike me down from where I stood,

maybe what little oxygen I had left would be gone

before you got to the door.

As my future creaked open every muscle on my body constricted,

I knew that death was upon me.

Then, for the first time I remembered my oldest dream

and realized that it was now a reality,

fact not fiction.

As you looked at me for the first time in a life time,

Knowing this was real…

You smiled warmly,

My smile…

Then suddenly I could breathe.

Author's Note

Reviews/comments are always more than welcome!

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"it was now a reality,

fact not fiction.

As you looked at me for the first time in a life time,

Knowing this was real…

You smiled warmly,

My smile…

Then suddenly I could breathe."

So happy you had found each other...Bravo...A nice poem...:)

[zainul]

I felt the same excitement as you just before the divine meeting with your brother.
I could you feel your pleasure and relief when your brother smiled warmly.
Zune,I don't know if it was a real event or imagination.
But,I merged with your thoughts.
Excellent work on fraternal love.
I congratulate you!