CURVE OF MOON

If I could feed your hunger

it would be like honey on my tongue

To stop your shivers with a woolen robe

would be for me like sunshine

warming my arms and back

If I could give you water, clean

and pure to drink

it would feed a spring of joy inside

I'd never be the same again

To help you stay alive

I'd reach across ten thousand miles

to dry your tears and feel

their wetness on my cheeks

To know that you are safe would be

like sliding down the curve of moon

like handstands on the points of stars

like dancing with the dolphins

laughing in the spray of surf

inside a whirl of wind

and life and death and you and I

will never be the same again.

            Marni McGee

Marni McGee has been writing for children for more than 30 years. With 15 published books--and four currently in press--her work has appeared in more than a dozen countries and ten languages. Her work includes nonfiction histories, poetry, middle grade fiction, and 10 internationally acclaimed picture books.

Marni is available for workshops, presentations and talks for schools, churches, educational organizations, and civic groups.

For Marni, writing is as necessary as breathing. She finds her inspiration in dreams, history, family stories, and the world around her. Her faith is the "why" of it all.

In 2006, she founded StoryFaire. Now an annual event, it is a literacy celebration, a springtime party for kids, and a benefit for Storyteller Children's Center -- serving   homeless and at-risk kids and their families.
  

For more on Storyteller & StoryFaire, go to: www.storytellercenter.org.