Submitted by : infatuatedlittlebeing on Poem Stories

A few hours before I came out, my brother told mother, 'I want her out!'
That very day she went to the market, she felt the contraction, she couldn't take it.

My brother's prayer was eventually answered, for that same day in the afternoon I was delivered.
He was five years old and I was an infant, that eventful day, I became his best friend.

We grew up together, we laughed and cried, we hurt each other and put up a fight.
I guess thats what strengthens the bond, we consciously cherish it before its gone.

'And now you're married and staying abroad, I truly pray you would forget me not.
I give you room for you to agitate me, so in a way I know somehow you actually miss me.
I'll find excuses just to get your attention, I even make you proofread my school assignments.
I make you wake me for fajr prayers, I'll bait you with cookies, so you'll come home and visit us.'

But yesterday I received a very grief news, I became so worried, my heart was bruised.
My brother he, is the kind who doesn't cry, but that very day he could not wipe his tears dry.

I cried to sleep thinking about him, O Allah please, I beg You, please protect him!
I wake up weeping and hoping he's alright, may Allah enlighten him with His guiding light.

'It pains me seeing sadness embracing you, how I wish I could take all those pain away from you.
We may be far apart but I want you to know, I care for you bro, and I love you so...'

Wallahu a'lam