meta_id in postmeta table is just an AUTO_INCREMENT id for the table, you can easily inspect that:
So, your guess is correct, you can leave it.
EDIT
Avoid raw SQL statements and introduce $wpdb for SQL purposes. And for postmeta insertion you can see the following tutorial I found a best one:
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