Origins
From vespers, the evening hour in liturgical tradition, blended with vague for the blurred, unstructured feeling of early time.
Meaning
Vespervague is the first clean evening when the hours open up and we do not know what to do with ourselves.
Our hands keep reaching for a familiar routine that is no longer there. Attention slides off everything, then grabs too hard, then drifts again. The quiet feels bigger than it should.
We realize how much of night used to be pre-filled, and how unpracticed we are at simply being awake.
Usage
Vespervague hit at 7:30, when I realized the night was just… mine.