The Orphan

12th birthday of mine
i will never forget
not because i got,
a new playstation

but because that's when i found out
that i was adopted

mom and dad said they wanted to talk
their smiling faces overshadowed by nervousness

i felt that something was wrong
but i never saw it coming
for a few minutes,
everything was frozen
we just stared at each other

tears fell down our cheeks
but then i smiled

as i realized that
two strangers made me their own
and treated me like their own flesh and blood
when my own didn't want me

Coffee Shop Girl

last april
i met her at the airport
but keeping in touch
never crossed our minds

few days back
at a coffee shop
an angel i saw
when least expected

amazed by her beauty
i kept looking at her
i did not realize
how stalker like it might have been

unable to get her off my mind
i searched everywhere for her
in an yearbook thrown away
i found who i was looking for

happiness fills my world these days
as she resides in my mind