Tag: Love

  • I Hate the Way You Love Me

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    EM Morgan

    I hit play on my phone and Aretha Franklin’s (You Make me Feel) Like a Natural Woman, plays through my stereo console’s speakers. I pour a glass of Matthiasson’s cab and chop the vegetables I’ve just washed, for dinner. A few sips into my glass of wine, the door from…

  • Absolution

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    EM Morgan

    Absolution I forgave you.I forgive youAnd don’t knowHow not to. Even when itHurts. I chooseForgiveness. It’sNot hard with you. My heart resetsEvery time I see You.I know why theTempests rage Between us. Even still,I love you, baby.The storm can rage.It doesn’t change a thing. When the storms rage,When you are…

  • Was This a Hoax? A love letter.

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    EM Morgan

    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

  • Let me show you

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    EM Morgan

    Come to my door, knock. Take my hand. Lead me. Let us speak softly of all We feel. Stand in front Of me now when I need  You. Let me tell you l Need you. Let me show you. -E.M. Morgan

  • the exhale – butterflies rising

    the exhale – butterflies rising

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    EM Morgan

    the exhale… i stood therein front of you,and i thought of everythingthat had ever broken me,i thought of everythingthat had ever shattered my heart,and in that moment when i looked at you,i thought of how maybe i’ll tell you someday.but for now, i just exhaled. because all of it made…

  • Meet me Halfway – A Love Like Sunshine

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    EM Morgan

    I’m revisiting a few poems I wrote in a series called A Love Like Sunshine. Someday they’ll end up in a book with a bunch of poetry and short fiction that I’ve never shared. Meet me HalfwayI’ve risked it all before,Only to be crushed completely.I found you when I least…

  • Things I Would Like to do With You – A Love Letter #2

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    EM Morgan

    Things I would like to do with you – A love letter I would like to camp in the woods with you, as far from civilization as possible. I would like to apologize in advance for not being able to keep my hands off of you. I would like to…

  • Things I Would Like to do With You – A Love Letter

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    EM Morgan

    Things I would like to do with you – a love letter . . . I would like to wake up next to you and start my day in your arms. I would like to savor the last few moments before the day begins, clinging to you. I would like…

  • Regret, Love, & Other Things

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    EM Morgan

    Can I miss someoneI see all the time?If so, I miss you.You’re all I see, butI’m feeling you – watching youSlip away. Can I regret losingOne who was never mine?Can I regret letting thePain and fear take over? Can I regret Hurting you? Can I tell you, you’reThe best thing…

  • Darling Whenever I Think of You

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    EM Morgan

    Darling, Whenever I think of you,I start writinginvisible love lettersto your heart.– Alexandra Vasiliu