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

  • 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…