The night felt endless. The world outside had gone quiet, but inside my mind, a thousand voices kept speaking. I sat by the window, watching the streetlight glow on the wet road. The rain had stopped hours ago, yet drops still clung to the glass like unfinished tears.
I thought of calling someone,maybe a friend, maybe her. But I didn’t. Nights like these are heavy, not because of loneliness, but because they make you listen to the parts of yourself you try to silence during the day.
At 1 AM, I made coffee. At 2, I opened an old notebook where her handwriting still lived. At 3, I played the same song on repeat, the one we both once laughed about. The hours didn’t move forward; they circled me like shadows.
By 4 AM, exhaustion pulled me into the balcony. The city looked asleep, but in the stillness, I realized I wasn’t the only one awake—somewhere out there, someone else was fighting their own long night.
When dawn finally touched the sky, I felt strange relief. The night hadn’t given answers, but it had given me something more important, patience to wait, strength to endure.
Not all long nights end with sleep.
Some end with the courage to see the morning.
I thought of calling someone,maybe a friend, maybe her. But I didn’t. Nights like these are heavy, not because of loneliness, but because they make you listen to the parts of yourself you try to silence during the day.
At 1 AM, I made coffee. At 2, I opened an old notebook where her handwriting still lived. At 3, I played the same song on repeat, the one we both once laughed about. The hours didn’t move forward; they circled me like shadows.
By 4 AM, exhaustion pulled me into the balcony. The city looked asleep, but in the stillness, I realized I wasn’t the only one awake—somewhere out there, someone else was fighting their own long night.
When dawn finally touched the sky, I felt strange relief. The night hadn’t given answers, but it had given me something more important, patience to wait, strength to endure.
Not all long nights end with sleep.
Some end with the courage to see the morning.