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1 AM

A poem of thoughts unfolding during the quiet of the night
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Created by Disha Ransingh

Published on Oct 15, 2024
a black and white image of a dark bedroom with a lap shining on the beside table
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Note from the author: This poem is a small snippet of what my 1 AM looks like—filled with introspection, melancholy, and the raw honesty of confronting my deepest thoughts and emotions. What about yours? What are your 1 AM memories?

1 AM

1 AM is for those who

don't imagine ideal 8 AMs

It's for those of us who choose

to wear our hearts on our sleeves

because that was the only way

we figured out how to fit someone

into its cracks and call it love.

 

1 AM is for the kind of melancholy:

the all-engulfing type

that makes you feel like

desolation might be the

only way you may make it out alive.

 

1 AM is for the overthinkers

We don't do it because we like it,

we do it because it was the only

survival mechanism we grew up learning

It feels safe to be in danger,

it feels satisfying to watch our

hearts paint the darkest night

and accept our sorrows.

 

1 AMs aren't for happy endings

or for mixtapes of dreams coming true

1 AMs are for those of us

who stare deep into our voids,

trying to remember how someone

once held us together.

 

1 AMs are the brutally honest lyrics

of a long, long night.

We embrace them on loop,

hitting us where we are strong

because we've already put up

our weak parts for adoption.

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