saudade

how can
i tell you about a word
that inexists, a word
without translation
melancholia

the strongest feeling
the longing and
yet, the non-existence
nostalgia

ah, this saudade is immense
if you only knew the
feeling that broke
in when the distance between
us crossed roads
mountains and oceans
the absence
maybe you would feel it too
ah, que saudade...

if you only knew.