3am Truths

Sometimes I wake with it,

an ache in my bones

Curled up on the bed

Shaking

Sometimes I forget

I can’t just pick up the phone

Sometimes it hits all at once

like my heart is breaking

And I remember,

in spite of it all

I am alone

But life doesn’t wait

for me to catch up

So I get up

I shower

I dress

and I leave

Reaching for something

beyond this quiet loss

I find nothing new

I find

Me