01:45 (Don’t Call)

One forty-five, I’m already awake

Not eager — just trained

Boots on gravel, jaw locked tight

Same road, same path, same night

I don’t want the dark to answer

I don’t want it loud or clear

I stand here so nothing follows

So the past stays parked right here

The clock marks the moment

When nothing returned

I don’t pray

I brace

I’m out here listening for your call

Not because I want it back

Some doors stay closed for a reason

Some voices come with a snap

This land remembers what I buried

Every step feels like a test

I don’t wait hoping you’ll call my name

I wait to make sure you don’t

Headlights slide like warnings

Close enough to raise my pulse

Every sound wants to be something

I stop it before it moves

People think I’m chasing answers

They don’t know what I out-ran

There are things that sound like mercy

But turn harsh when they land

Every night at one forty-five

I trace the second you disappeared

I don’t lean

I lock in

I’m out here listening for your call

Not because I want it back

Some doors stay closed for a reason

Some voices come with a snap

This land remembers what I buried

Every step feels like a test

I don’t wait hoping you’ll call my name

I wait to make sure you don’t

I learned the cost of answering

I learned how fast it flips

Some voices drag you under

Some nights break apart

Every night at one forty-five

I relive what left a mark

I’m here to kill the echo

Before it escalates

So I stand here at one forty-five

With my back to the dark

I don’t need forgiveness screaming

I need the silence to hold

This road can keep its legends

Keep the hour, keep the blame

I don’t wait for you to call me

I wait to make sure you don’t say my name

One forty-five

Still quiet