Dear Nabila - @GeorgeThePoet

I'm listening to Boyz II Men...realising that I'll
Never hear your voice again. You're
Chilling on a heavenly coast away with Orchids but
Down here my kids were supposed to play with your kids.
Half the ends knew about Uganda cos of you, they learnt that
We just don't play from the Queen of Rozay
Smiling for the photo then taking one of me soon as I
Walk into the room you're making fun of me.
Used to say Shawa needs a shower & a bath, it was
Joke after joke for an hour and a half and you'd
Never hold back you put power in a laugh saying
How a nigga's daft or how I'm just dumb.
Now I'm just numb. If
Sorrow was music I'd cry a masterpiece and
Tears are too salty to bly my arteries so
If I don't drown I'll die of heart disease. But it's
Taking me so long to cry; you can't decease. I

Know what happened, I know where it happened. I
Know when but I can get into the "why". You
Hollered at me the other day but I read it in a
Rush and just kept forgetting to reply.
We hear a tragedy, we hear a sorrow
But I could have sworn you'd be here tomorrow
I coulda sworn you'd be here for'while now
Everywhere I turn all I see is your smile. Cos
Having you in my life, that's a real privilege. I've
Got some good memories and a mass of still images
You made a joke out of everything, had me tryna
Speak Luganda tryna sound like real villagers and
I was so sure that I'd see you again
Just as I'm sure the sun will shine
Beautiful but you were the humble kind
We just wanna chill with you one more time, I dunno
What I wouldn't give just to have a laugh with you
Every birthday I got a paragraph or two,
Quick to praise anything I'd done more time and make
it a night to remember like Shalamar cos you made

All heads turn, that's a proper wig-twister.
Now my right hand man hasn't got a big sister. The
Face I wanna see is the face I can't see, I went
Round and didn't know what to say to Auntie so I said 'Na-
Bila's alive in the memories you keep and
Any request you have for me will never be too steep.' Nabs
You were the glue holding us all together, we all
Fell in love with you, we must fall together but there's
So many feelings I can't write down, can't be-
Lieve the strength of Fahad's heart right now,
Mine breaks every time I look at Emmanuel but they're
Coping like they wrote the book or the manual. But
You had, without debate, endless life. It's
Too mad, how could they end this life? I
Can't call it tense; it's way past tense. I'm sup-
posed to accept that your name's past tense, on the
News I'm reading about it, everyone's tweeting about it and
I'm slyly resenting everyone speaking about it, who's
Real? Who's not, pretending to me is deep and I
Really wish you'd stop pretending to be asleep cos your
Mother needs you, your brother needs you, and
We have a whole list of other needs too. I
Still can't accept it's out of my control, I guess the
Party just lost its life and soul.

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[tasnim222]

what a beautiful poem brought me to tears....miss and love my beautiful cousin NABILA.....i think about you everyday <3 <3 <3 xxx

[ShayShayAmoat]

Wow!!! Emotional.. R.I.P babe xxx

[RubixPrimal]

This is one of the most powerful spoken-word poems I've heard purely because it all came from the depths of the heart. Still gets me everytime I listen to it

R.I.P :'(

[CuteRima12]

R.I.P Cuzzy Nabby Will ALWAYS MISS YA'! x Everyone's Missing You Loads x

[pauperrrr]

this brought me to tears..r.i.p nabila xxxxxx

[Shawty41188]

What a lovely poem... real words, real emotions.

[aduesther]

brought me close to tears and i didnt even know her this is beautiful <3

[Finkles9]

I miss her so bad, this is so beautiful. <3

[yaayauk]

wow i love this !! its beautiful and from the heart . I'm sure she would appreciate this ! i didn't know her personally but I can see the effect shes had on so many lives. RIP Nabila .

[22ropoable]

so beautiful. R.I.P the beautiful Nabila xx