Place of Peace
by Marjie Giffin
Elisabeth sleeps,
Knees curled against my groin,
My knees tucked around her toes,
My mother body
Encircling her daughter body:
Warming the nest,
Lining the next,
Nesting.
Our cheeks pressed,
Her breaths puff evenly,
Play a soft cadence
Against my skin.
The space between us
Is moist and close,
And a flutter
Of her tiny lashes
Touches, tickles lightly.
Nestled as we are,
Her slumber becoming
My poetry,
I commit the feel
Of this little one’s lifesong
To memory –
That I might at any moment
Recreate this place of peace.
Bio: Marjie Giffin is an Indianapolis writer and educator who has taught writing as an adjunct professor at IUPUI and writing/literature at a private school for gifted students. She is an M.A. graduate of Butler University in English and continues to take writing workshops as a member of the Indiana Writers Center. She is an author of four regional published histories and has her poetry published in anthologies.
by Marjie Giffin
Elisabeth sleeps,
Knees curled against my groin,
My knees tucked around her toes,
My mother body
Encircling her daughter body:
Warming the nest,
Lining the next,
Nesting.
Our cheeks pressed,
Her breaths puff evenly,
Play a soft cadence
Against my skin.
The space between us
Is moist and close,
And a flutter
Of her tiny lashes
Touches, tickles lightly.
Nestled as we are,
Her slumber becoming
My poetry,
I commit the feel
Of this little one’s lifesong
To memory –
That I might at any moment
Recreate this place of peace.
Bio: Marjie Giffin is an Indianapolis writer and educator who has taught writing as an adjunct professor at IUPUI and writing/literature at a private school for gifted students. She is an M.A. graduate of Butler University in English and continues to take writing workshops as a member of the Indiana Writers Center. She is an author of four regional published histories and has her poetry published in anthologies.