Stay Awhile

By Erin Darling on April 11, 2014 in Breastfeeding, Paintings, Poems

Don’t ask me to save the world.
I burn my toast,
I forget my keys,
And I can’t keep a plant alive.

But I can do this.
I can sit here and breath.
I can feel your chest
Against mine.
With you at my breast,
I can fill your round little belly.

I know things ain’t perfect, but
Sweetie, let’s just stay awhile.

By Erin Wetzel
© 2014 ekwetzel. All Rights Reserved.

Check out more nursing portraits over at my project: The PUMP ROOM Nook.

(Thank you Kaitlyn for letting me use your photo as inspiration for this painting.)

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2 Responses to Stay Awhile

Cedar April 11, 2014 at 7:11 pm #

This is so beautiful Erin. I have been loving keeping up with your blog updates lately. <3
- ekwetzel April 12, 2014 at 1:05 am #
  
  oh thanks 🙂 it has been fun!

For the month of March, my art is being featured at the Portage Bay Goods curiosities shop located in the hip Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. On March 1st, I left my kids with a babysitter and hopped the bus up to Seattle for the First Fridays Fremont Art Walk. Assured that my kids were well loved and well cared for in my absence, I let my mind relax, enjoying the relative intimacy of sharing space with a group of strangers as we made our way up the interstate and into the city.

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