{"id":5537,"date":"2026-04-29T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/?p=5537"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:02:28","slug":"remind-me-im-yours-a-modern-love-poem-about-being-chosen-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/remind-me-im-yours-a-modern-love-poem-about-being-chosen-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRemind Me I\u2019m Yours: A Modern Love Poem About Being Chosen Every Day\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t need grand gestures<br>or a sky full of promises you can\u2019t keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need something quieter,<br>something steady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tell me I matter,<br>not once, not just when it\u2019s convenient,<br>but in the ordinary moments<br>when life is not dressed up and shining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remind me I\u2019m loved<br>on random afternoons,<br>in soft texts,<br>in the way you say my name<br>like it belongs somewhere safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want consistency,<br>not confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want your actions<br>to speak even when your words fall short,<br>to see you choose me<br>without hesitation,<br>without making me question<br>where I stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be intentional with me.<br>Not perfect, just clear.<br>Know what you want,<br>and don\u2019t treat my heart<br>like a place you\u2019re just passing through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not looking for something temporary,<br>not a feeling that fades<br>when things get hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want something that stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want someone<br>who walks beside me,<br>not ahead, not behind,<br>but with me,<br>through the uncertain,<br>through the quiet,<br>through the becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone who speaks hope<br>when I forget my own strength,<br>who writes love<br>not just in words<br>but in presence,<br>in effort,<br>in choosing me again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because love, to me,<br>is not loud or complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s being seen.<br>It\u2019s being chosen.<br>It\u2019s being reminded,<br>every day, in small ways,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that I am important,<br>that I am loved,<br>and that I am not walking this life alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add to that,<br>I want laughter that lingers,<br>the kind that fills a room<br>and stays in the walls long after we leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want honesty,<br>even when it\u2019s uncomfortable,<br>because real love doesn\u2019t hide,<br>it stands, it speaks, it stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hold my hand like you mean it,<br>not loosely, not unsure,<br>but like you\u2019ve decided<br>this is where you belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at me<br>like you recognize something rare,<br>not perfect,<br>but worth choosing anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when life gets heavy,<br>when days feel longer than hope,<br>don\u2019t disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay and remind me<br>why we started,<br>why we chose this,<br>why we still choose this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Write me love<br>in the way you show up,<br>in the way you listen,<br>in the way you don\u2019t give up easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because I am not asking for everything,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just something real,<br>something certain,<br>something that feels like home<br>even on the hardest days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So remind me,<br>again and again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">not with empty words,<br>but with a love<br>that knows where it\u2019s going<br>and chooses me<br>every step of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/painful-reasons-behind-unforgiveness-and-grudge\/\">Painful reasons behind unforgiveness and grudge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1CZfeMqbLK\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/r\/1CZfeMqbLK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Manasseh&#039;s Voice over done by Precious Owoko | Walking shadow poetry \" width=\"500\" 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I need something quieter,something steady. Tell me I matter,not once, not just when it\u2019s convenient,but in the ordinary momentswhen life is not dressed up and shining. Remind me I\u2019m lovedon random afternoons,in soft texts,in the way you say my namelike it belongs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[136,121,97,25,98,1],"tags":[35,49,34,67,50,61,53,22,48],"class_list":["post-5537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-poem","category-poetry","category-solitude","category-storytime","category-uncategorized","tag-poems","tag-poetess","tag-poetry","tag-preciousowoko","tag-spokenword","tag-spokenwords","tag-story","tag-walkingshadowpoetry","tag-walkingshadowpoetrykenya"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6253-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2891,"url":"https:\/\/walkingshadowpoetry.com\/blog\/its-not-hard-its-just-new-by-walking-shadow-poetry\/","url_meta":{"origin":5537,"position":0},"title":"It\u2019s Not Hard, It\u2019s Just New by walking shadow poetry.","author":"walking shadow poetry kenya","date":"January 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s not hard really, it\u2019s just something I haven\u2019t done before.My steps might feel shaky, but that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m weak.It just means I\u2019m learning, growing, and figuring it out. 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