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Let’s be harmless to each other
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“You and me? We’re different. We agree to be harmless to each other.” – Abby Jimenez in Yours Truly If all the words I want to say to you, filled the rooms of this tiny home, they’d spill out of the windows and doors. They’d float like slips of paper…
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Thaw my Heart
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In the cold air that bites my skin, I’m reminded of the way the seasons match my heart – cold and lifeless now. I wait for the warmth of spring to thaw what loss has hardened. -EM
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A Roller Coaster – A Poem of Love, Longing, Passion, and Futility
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Like a roller coaster . . . This is like a roller coaster.A wild ride of desire andAdmiration and love and frustration.I’ve never felt so crazy.For more of you.Crazy for you. Crazy to tell you howBadly I want you.How much I miss youWhen we don’t talk.I ride this rickety pieceOf…
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Testing the Blog Feed
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I seem to be having an issue with my blog feed now and it’s not immediately publishing. Posts are showing up hours and hours after the fact and I’m not receiving e-mails for my own blog. I’m attempting a fix. I’m getting more and more frustrated by wordpress…
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Guilty as Sin?
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Drowning in the Blue NileHe sent me ‘Downtown Lights’I hadn’t heard it in a whileMy boredom’s bone deepThis cage was once just fineAm I allowed to cry?I dream of cracking locksThrowing my life to the wolvesOr the ocean rocksCrashing into him tonightHe’s a paradoxI’m seeing visions, am I bad?Or mad?…
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Restoration
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On a cold morning As the ice melts I’m reminded in the quiet Of the beauty that exists Unseen. Pulsing in the soil and In the trees bare. Unseen for now, restoration Is coming. EM Morgan
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Your Touch is a Reminder
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Your touch was an instant reminder of the longing and desire. A mix of happiness and melancholy has followed. There’s a thin line between hope and . . . maybe it’s insanity. I am straddling this line, longing for your touch and kiss. Longing to have it and you whenever…
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The End of the Eras Era – It’s Taylor’s Night, Swifties
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Taylor Swift ends The Eras Tour tonight. Her opening act, Gracie Abrams, is on stage as we speak. I adore Gracie. Because she was a fan of Taylor first, her emotion tonight is just adding to the overall feeling us Swifties have about tonight. I had the intention of writing…
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he is like music – a poem
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he is like musicit rises and falls,this song.the rhythm moves mecarrying me past reason,this song. – E.M. Morgan Missing you tonight.
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Contact Form & Comments
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This website has been a real piece of work. I’ve had trouble getting it to work properly since day one and instead of decorating my apartment for Christmas tonight I got distracted after getting my vintage ornaments on the tree and sat down to fix my contact form and comments.…
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My Name on Your Lips
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My name on your lips I want to taste my name on your lips, to kiss you, as you whisper it. It’s my favorite thing – to hear you say it – as if it’s new somehow. My heart is new somehow. There are moments when I see your vulnerability…
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Things I Would Like to do With You – Love Letter #7
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Things I Would Like to do With You – A love letter #7 There’s a vision of my future that seems so far away – improbable, even. After meeting you and fighting with myself over how I felt, I gave up. I realized a while ago how much I cared…
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My 2024 Reading Challenge Books
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I started the year with a goal of reading 24 books. I adjusted my goal to 18. I just finished my 20th book today. I probably won’t make it to the original goal of 24, but I will get close. While I will probably finish 1-2 (1 of which is…
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How to be Open to Love When You’ve Been Hurt
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Lately there’s been a theme to my short stories, novels, and {terrible} poetry. While I can’t exactly say that my fiction or poetry is always biographical, there’s probably an element to all writing, for writers – that is in some form or fashion. It may not always be an exact…
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The Love We Both Deserve
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Find me again someday – if you’re free and you know what you want. I don’t want to be any man’s second choice or the person that entertains you when you’re bored and done chasing someone else’s attention. Find me again someday when I don’t have to fight so hard…
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Stories from a Wild Heart
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I’m a writer. I’m a writer that doesn’t write like I dream of writing. Why? Because to do so requires me to release my hang-ups and people-pleasing tendencies. I also happened to have a day job for 13-years, that required me to act as a spokesperson and to be the…
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Excuse the Dust – Site Under Construction
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I’ve finally settled (for now – haha) on what I’m doing with this space and my Substack newsletter. I’ve spent some time today updating this site and will resume updates over the next week. For now, forgive the dust while the site is under construction. – EM
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Hazel Eyes – A Love Letter
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Hazel Eyes – A Love Letter Your hair curls in a way that makes me long to run my hands through it. When your hair is shorter, I miss those curls. You with your changing hazel eyes and friendship that feels like home – were unexpected and unplanned. We make…
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Heavy – A Poem from the Loneliness
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Heavy The ache settles inAs the days grow darkerAnd colder. The sicknessHangs heavy around my neck.I manage alone, the ache deeper still.How long must I face this alone?– E.M. Morgan
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Would it Matter – Poems of Longing & Hope
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Three separate thoughts came to mind this evening. Turns out there’s a connection between all three – longing and hope. Would it Matter? If I told you I needed you,Would it matter?If I said I needed you now,Would you come to me?Never mind. I know the answer.Would it help if…
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Was This a Hoax? A love letter.
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Was this a hoax? A love letter. You pulled me inAgainst all my best effortsTo keep you at a distance.You wrapped my heartAround yoursUntil I couldn’t seeAnyone but you.And then you leftMe here to chaseSomeone else’s attention.If you need me, like you say,Show me. Show up for me.– E.M. Morgan
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My Love, This Is Our Chance
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The fear runs deep.The longing is deeper still.The love won’t change.I’ve never been so certain,Even being so alone. Find a way, with me.Hold out your hand.Let me love all of you,Even where you feel most unlovable.It’s what I need from you. My love, this is our chance.– E.M. Morgan
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Come Away With Me, My Love
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Come away with me, My love. Come away with me nowI don’t want you to whisperTo me with your eyes anymore.I want you to speak the words andLead me away from here. – E.M. Morgan
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Winter Solstice
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Winter Solstice On the longest,Darkest nightOf the year, theWarmth and lightOf hope will beBurning bright.-EM Morgan
Stories From a Wild Heart
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” ~ Toni Morrison