Thursday, April 9, 2020

An Ode to 3 am

Three am is the hour of creative souls -
Poets, dreamers, artists, writers -
People whose feelings, views, thoughts -
How they see the world, uniquely - 
Form their art to alter the world. 
Three am is the hour for people like me,
People who spill their souls on paper,
Who breathe life into their words, creations,
From their paints, ink, charcoal, cameras,
Unafraid to share a piece of themselves with others.
Three am is the hour of inspiration,
Awake and setting souls on fire with burning passion,
Giving life to the otherwise grey dreams; 
Breathing vibrancy into the lives and souls of artists,
Until we are too full to keep it to ourselves. 
Three am is given to those who see things uniquely,
Using our dreams as inspiration,
Our hopes and desire coloring our art,
Until our souls are scattered and laying open
Exposed on paper, canvas, film. 
Three am is meant for the artists,
The writers, the poets, photographers, painters,
We see each other, burning the three am oil,
Burning our own in solidarity,
Our own mediums mirroring fragments of our own souls.
Three am is for us, the creative souls who cannot sleep.

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