“The Afterlove”
(Espiritual – lo que queda después del amor)
There’s a love that burns,
and then there’s the one that glows quietly,
years after the flame is gone.
She is the second kind.
A constant warmth
in the corner of my soul.
Not loud,
not aching—
just… there.
Sometimes,
I feel her in music I don’t remember liking.
Sometimes,
in the air right before it rains.
She’s the thought I never chase away.
The grief I no longer fear.
The name I still carry
with reverence.
Some loves are made for forever.
Even if forever means
loving alone.