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1.1k · Feb 2011
Dear Soldier
McKinley1874 Feb 2011
Dear Soldier,

We’ve never met, and I don’t even know your name, but I love you.
To me your name is hero.
Your name is Hercules.
Leonidas.
Joan of Arc.
Your name is unselfish.
Love.
Faith.
To you and your family I pray that you don’t lose faith, whatever your faith may be.  I pray that you’re safe with every endeavor and mission that you embark on.  I pray that you never lose sight of what you’re fighting for.  I pray that you realize how truly grateful we all are for your sacrifice.  How much I truly love you for what you do.  A thousand times and more I thank you.  A thousand times and more I love you.

With Honesty and Sincerity and Love...
802 · Feb 2011
Eminent
McKinley1874 Feb 2011
Thy unimaginable wings,
Where dwells the breath of all persisting stars,
Come back to me.

Please.

You left me so suddenly
So soon…

Too soon.

Your exulting soul sank into mine with each embrace.
Forever imprinted will I be.
Forever scarred will I stay.
With all persisting stars,
You belong with me,

And forever I with thee.





[help with e.e.cummings]
Written by Emily McKinley
2010
742 · Feb 2011
Safari
McKinley1874 Feb 2011
The yelling started again.  Another pointless fight ensues.
An awkward ending.  A compromise.

Crap…there it is…

I knew it’d be here sooner or later,
No matter how small the room is it always seems to find a way,
That friggen’ elephant  in the room…

……Where’s my gun?
Written by Emily McKinley
2010
709 · Feb 2011
Failure to Send
McKinley1874 Feb 2011
My Dearest Mademoiselle,
I write u in deepest despair.
My thoughts linger only on
U and ur beauty.  When was
The last time we spent so long
Out of eachothers arms? I do
Realize my terrible mistake,
That wretch meant nothing
2me.  Thou art the only rose
in my garden, fairest and most
beautiful of all the flowers.
Please forgive such a fool in
His lowest hour.
Respectfully and most
Sincerely your love.


Dear Tool,
1, just cuz u watched
Pride and Prejudice once
Doesn’t mean u can talk
Like that.  2 she may be the
Fairest flower but u should
Not have a garden in the
First place. 3 never text
Apologies! U might send
Them to “the wretch”
By accident – way to go
Champ. Sincerely and
Never again yours,
- the terrible mistake
Written by Emily McKinley
2010
597 · Feb 2011
Necessity
McKinley1874 Feb 2011
His hands were rough but gentle as their fingers both entwined.
Hot breath.
Slow but excited as it caressed their faces.
His eyes lingered on her lips, flushed cheeks,
Locked into her star spangled eyes.
Heat rises.
Bodies move closer
Her lips touch his.
Soft as a rose’s petals, plump as ripe peaches
Tastes as sweet as summer nights.
Her hand slides along his chest and rests on his face.
Scratchy bark is what she feels on the tips of her fingers as they
Rake along his jaw.
He pulls her closer with a tender clout,
His weight sinks into her with a sense of security,
It seeps past her skin.
Simple and slow they separate,
Their eyes on each other were filled with
Not a want, but…
A need
As they both realized that something real had
just
begun
Written by Emily McKinley
2010
552 · Feb 2011
Irrevocable
McKinley1874 Feb 2011
If the snow is falling, I’m yours.
If they sky is blue, I’m yours.

As long as I’m on the shore,
and you’re in the desert, I’m yours.

If the wave are crashing, I’m yours.
If the sand is blowing, I’m yours.

When you make me smile, I’m yours.
When your hand is in mine, I’m yours.

When you wake from that dream
And we’re still so far apart, I’m yours…
Loving and irrevocably always yours.
Written by Emily McKinley
2010

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