Nabila

I long to see you at the end of every day.

Life’s tough and people are rough,

Yesterday draining, tomorrow reckoning,

Today, still spinning,

But you sit at the end of my day,

Gentle and sweet,

The catalyst of my healing,

A soft place to land when I free fall.

I long to see you at the end of every day.

Home, just not quite yet,

But warm, just the same.

My buzzing mind, ever trembling, never quiet,

Your quiet noise, ever lingering, never fading.

Intentional silence and comfortable chatter,

Over coffee or cakes or ice cream.

I long to see you at the end of every day,

And I wish I always will,

I wish that what you are to me is what I am to you,

And if we’re damned to wither,

I wish that this is how you’ll remember me;

A person you look forward to seeing every day,

To be missed and reminisced.

250625 / don’t forget you love me – calum hood

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Saw this Calum Hood's interview on TikTok, and there was this one comment that interprets "don't forget you love me" that Calum's ex said to him as a reminder to never demonise their relationship and antagonise the ex-lover by remembering that he love/loved them. And so that gave a kind of clarity to me... which inspired this poem... that is dedicated to my boyfriend.