Love Poem: Love Hard
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Written by: Melani Udaeta

Love Hard

3 am is for the poets;
A chance to release things you cannot hide, 
 what daylight buries deep inside; 
The time to capture, the hour to convey
what inspires the uttering of the phrase
 ‘Love Hard’;

3 a.m is for the poets,
 A chance to indulge in everything 
that makes you forget your plan;
The time to risk with no consequence,
chase with reckless abandon 
the spirit of the phrase 
‘Love Hard’;

3 a.m is for the poets 
Running toward ecstasy
 before it fades with the sunrise,
and you have to provide an alibi 
for all your feelings; 
Turn away,
question everything; 

Stop peaking and come back to reality; 
Where everything stops you 
and you just can’t bring yourself to love hard .