Sep 2022
To perhaps
remember?
Life lived before.
The leaf circling the
sky. The breeze on
skin. I know it.
Or I feel it. The wind
like kisses.
These things
just beyond thought
glisten like oil on the
synapses of experience.
Glimpsed on one
side of consciousness.
Saudade. To be
in the
dream.
To feel nostalgia.
To wonder if
it all might have been
different?
Caroline Shank
remember?
Life lived before.
The leaf circling the
sky. The breeze on
skin. I know it.
Or I feel it. The wind
like kisses.
These things
just beyond thought
glisten like oil on the
synapses of experience.
Glimpsed on one
side of consciousness.
Saudade. To be
in the
dream.
To feel nostalgia.
To wonder if
it all might have been
different?
Caroline Shank
Saudade is described as a kind of melancholy yearning. Melancholy means sad, and yearning is a strong, persistent longing or desire, especially for something unattainable.
(77/F/Wisconsin)
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