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Saudade

(Portuguese word: The love that remains after someone is gone)

Carolyne Afroetry MA

Carolyne M. Acen (Afroetry) is a Ugandan Spoken word poet,
writer and counselor.

Residues of my
ardor for you
spill copiously
out of an air tight
container we used
to call home.
An apparition of you

makes catcalls from
a hailing distance.
I, an embodiment
of my depravity lies
forlorn on the leeward
side of romance.
Melancholy reflections.
Emotionally stranded.
At the crossroads between
loss and desire.

This unequalled contrition
creeps out of my
eyes and patches my
cheeks.
The longing for days,
allocated.
A wish for the restitution

of covenants buried.
Us, now a blank page.
A cage within a cage.

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litterateur 5 january 2021