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If the Stars Could Text You at 2 A.M., This Is the Message You’d Get ✨📱

A cosmic love poem for the sleepless, the lonely, and the secretly hopeful.

By Awais Qarni Published 5 months ago 3 min read

If the stars could text you at 2 a.m.,

their first message would be short.

“Hey.

I saw your light still on.

Are you okay?”

Because that’s how it always starts —

not with answers, not with lectures,

but with something small,

something soft,

something that doesn’t push too hard

yet leaves just enough space

for you to answer if you want to.

And if you didn’t reply right away,

they wouldn’t get upset.

The stars have always been good at waiting.

They’ve been hanging above your window

for longer than your pain has existed,

for longer than your questions have kept you awake.

They know the shape of your insomnia

better than you do.

At 2:05, another ping.

“We’re still here.

Still burning.

Still watching over you.”

You’d roll your eyes, maybe.

Thinking — what do stars know about loneliness?

What could fireballs millions of miles away

possibly understand about this heavy silence?

But they’d surprise you.

They’d write,

“Don’t you realize?

We’re experts at distance.

We spend eternity shining

for people who may never look up.

We know exactly what it feels like

to pour out love

and never know if it’s received.”

And suddenly their words would feel heavier,

like a secret you weren’t supposed to hear.

Like truth wearing starlight as a disguise.

You’d clutch your phone tighter.

You’d want to answer —

but maybe you wouldn’t. Not yet.

At 2:17, another message.

“We see you scrolling through the silence.

We see the glow in your hands,

the way you hope a message will appear —

from someone who remembers you,

from someone who needs you,

from someone who hasn’t forgotten.”

And your throat would tighten,

because the stars would be right.

That’s why we keep making wishes on them, isn’t it?

Because deep down,

we believe they’re listening.

At 2:29, they’d get bolder.

“We’ve watched you cry quietly into your pillow.

We’ve heard the prayers you whispered

when you thought no one was listening.

We’ve seen the way you look out your window

and wonder if anyone is looking back.”

And for the first time all night,

you’d feel something shift.

A crack in the loneliness.

A reminder that maybe,

just maybe,

you’re not invisible after all.

The stars wouldn’t ghost you.

Not now.

Not ever.

At 2:34, another vibration.

“You are not as alone as you think.

We’ve been burning for billions of years

just so you’d have something to look at tonight.”

And maybe,

they’d add a little heart emoji 💫 —

awkward but warm,

because even cosmic bodies

don’t always know the right words

for human ache.

At 2:46, when you’re tempted to put the phone down,

they’d reach out again.

“Your story isn’t finished.

The universe doesn’t invest starlight

in people who aren’t meant to keep going.

You think your heart is fragile,

but we’ve seen it endure storms

you don’t give yourself credit for surviving.

You think your voice is small,

but we’ve heard it echo louder

than galaxies collapsing.

You think no one notices you,

but we’ve written your name

in constellations.”

And suddenly your chest would tighten —

not with pain,

but with recognition.

Because something inside you knows it’s true.

At 3:00, the stars would soften.

“Sleep if you can.

We’ll be here when you wake.

We’ll be here tomorrow night too,

and the night after,

and every night after that.

We don’t leave.

We don’t forget.

We don’t stop shining,

not even when the sky is cloudy.

And if you ever need us,

just look up.

We’ll answer without words.”

And if you finally found the courage to reply,

you might whisper back,

not with your thumbs,

but with your heart:

“Thank you.

I needed this.”

The stars would smile —

if stars can smile —

and they’d send one last message,

a promise disguised as poetry:

“You are loved more than you know.

You are stronger than you feel.

And you are never,

never,

ever,

alone.”

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Awais Qarni

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