Melancholy Ink by Dita Indradi | One Poem Only

One Poem Only · Apr 22, 2026 · 2m

One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise.Melancholy InkDita IndradiSadness learned my namebefore I learned how to answer.It waitsbehind my teethwhen I say I’m fine.I used to shakethe moment I knew.Hands too loud.Breath missing.My heart runninglike it heard somethingI couldn’t.Heat rushingthrough narrow places,every nerve lit uplooking for an exit.Now, when the same knowing comes,my body does something else.It goes quiet.No shaking.No warning.Just the sudden absenceof feeling.Like someonestepped out of the roomand…