sau-da-dE (portuguese noun) - the love that remains, even after someone is gone; a nostalgic or melancholic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and then lost.






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The pregnant 
moon carries;
an elusive wisp 
pale in its grief 

slumbering 
though devoid
of truthful rest;

it awaits 
dips her legs
above the sea 

but not deep enough
to kiss the floor 

no lover 
stayed enough 
to replace 
the warmth 
of the first, she said. 

and so my tears 
became the stars, you see 

to guide the ones 
that seek home; 
to return 


you are 
everywhere, my love— 


constantly 
sailing against 

the maelstrom 
of time 
and 
of empty 

the skies 
only grew more 
features of your eyes 

the blues it bled, 
till rain kissed my cheek 

this earth 
is but fragmented 
little reminders 
of lost loves 

and 

love 
waiting 
to be 
found 

once more.




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