Dubai. The land that has my brother,<\/p>\n
my idol, my hero, my friend<\/p>\n
a three hour flight<\/p>\n
short yet so long<\/p>\n
crossing boundaries<\/p>\n
reuniting with the man who taught me<\/p>\n
how to laugh, to fight, to be strong<\/p>\n
once we shared the same roof<\/p>\n
danced on every new song<\/p>\n
played games, talked, even wrestled<\/p>\n
mundane moments, filled with joy,<\/p>\n
but now life has taken different paths<\/p>\n
and he is miles apart.<\/p>\n
Each flight is a rerun of memories<\/p>\n
of stories, laughter, tears we shared<\/p>\n
I flip through the movies on the cramped plane.<\/p>\n
knowing exactly the ones he’d pick<\/p>\n
I observe the people on board<\/p>\n
like we always did,<\/p>\n
I giggle at the inside jokes now never made<\/p>\n
and wait for the wait to get over.<\/p>\n
I land, the airport now familiar,<\/p>\n
he is there, like always,<\/p>\n
I rush into his loving arms,<\/p>\n
I know I am grown now, a happy wife and doting mother,<\/p>\n
but in this embrace, I am still a little child,<\/p>\n
In this embrace, I am back home.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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