(A Nihshabd Blog)
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3 AM is that strange hour
when the whole world sleeps,
but our thoughts…
they suddenly decide to stay wide awake.
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The things we avoid all day
return at night with their volume turned all the way up.
And we, without a remote,
just sit there and watch.
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Sometimes the mind feels like a traffic signal
all thoughts frozen in one moment,
and then rushing wildly the very next.
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At 3 AM,
we are both brave
and on the edge.
It’s the hour that tells the truth
we spend all day running away from.
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“Am I doing enough?”
“Why didn’t I say what I really felt?”
“Will anyone ever understand me the way I am?”
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The night doesn’t answer.
It simply puts a dim spotlight on us
and suddenly we become the lead actors
in the story we were avoiding.
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Sometimes it’s the fear of the future,
sometimes memories we thought we buried,
sometimes people,
sometimes expectations…
They all line up one by one
and demand attention.
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But here’s the quiet truth
3 AM thoughts aren’t enemies.
They’re just the feelings
we don’t have the courage to hear in daylight.
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3 AM makes us cry a little,
learn a little,
feel deeply,
and sometimes…
release things we were holding too tightly.
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So if you’re lying awake at 3 AM, overthinking,
remember
you’re not alone.
This hour silently connects all of us
in the same invisible conversation.
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And the morning?
Morning always makes things better.
It always does.
Until then…
just breathe.
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—Rajeshwari🧿💕
(Poem © Rajeshwari.
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