Saudade

I have this unknown feeling
rising inside my pit,
I know not,
whether its a person,
or a place,
that I constantly miss now.
But I have this feeling for long,
long enough,
to turn my inside,
upside down.
I know not,
how long will it last,
but I know,
that it’s tearing me apart.
This feeling,
takes me to dark places,
of my own heart,
breaking me into
a million pieces of mosaic art.
I wish at times,
I knew what,
this missing,
is all about,
but I know not,
except that,
this saudade,
tears me up,
From moments to moments.
Leaving my soul,
into two halves.

Saudade is used to explain the feeling of missing something or someone.
It is used to tell about something that you used to have (and liked) but don’t have anymore.
But literally, it goes deeper. Its a beautiful word of Portuguese origin, evokes a sense of loneliness and incompleteness. In a whole bunch of clumsy English words, Saudade means “the love that remains” after someone is gone. It’s the recollection of feelings, experiences, places or events that once brought excitement, pleasure, well being, which now triggers the senses and makes one live again. It describes a deep nostalgic longing. It brings sad and happy feelings all at once;

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