Afterlives

Afterlives

Midday naps in arms
Like ghosts of wool around me 
Awake to the sun

The loud stroke of dusk
Yearning child rushes from work
Nobody at home

Night awakening
Awareness, many years since,
Her present absence

Louise Gerodias is a nonfiction and haiku writer from Cebu, Philippines. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Creative Writing from NYU Abu Dhabi. She currently volunteers her time as a translator at the Organization for Transformative Works. Her interests include graphic novels and manga as well as transformative fanworks and migration narratives. She's fascinated by unsolved crime stories.

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Artwork by Simone Hadebe