The Call

[ChloeC]

Here’s another poem I wrote around the same time. I was in Florida, near Sarasota with my spouse, and we spent the last night walking the beach on Lido Key – moon, stars, gentle breeze, about 75 degrees, absolutely gorgeous night. I wrote this within a day or two afterwards, thinking deeply on my cd life as  well as other parts of my life at the time. I had also met up with another cd/ts – we were both in male drag – during the week, who I had met online through another site. We talked for an hour or so, shared experiences, hopes, dreams. Only time I ever met a like soul in person, although I’ve emailed off and on with several others.

The Call

I stand on the shore gazing out o’er the sea
The moon glistens above, raining its beams on me
The breeze washes my body, I feel its briny smell.
The surf breaks against the land; I hear its wet yell.

I walk through the sand, my toes getting wet
From waves that start some place, I know not yet.
Soft comes a voice calling from somewhere out there,
Someone or thing murmuring, casting a dare.

‘Come to lands once known, forgotten in time
Places filled with beauty, enchantment sublime
On faraway shores, life’s true pleasures I’ll give
Forever to love, forever to live.’

Shall I answer it? What shall I reply?
Respond to a destiny, will it give me a ‘why’.
Forego my past life, a new one to lead
Bid farewell to this place, to sate a deep need.

And then a sound familiar calls sweetly to me
‘It’s time that we go, for there are old friends to see.’
I look back at her wondering, did she not hear the call?
Was it only in my thoughts, was it even there at all?

I turn from the sea and walk back to the light
Brushing the sand from my feet in the night
I gather my things, life onward I’ll go
Someday to return, maybe someday to know.

[Sally Drinkwater]

Hi Chloe,

There is a Poets Corner on the ‘most popular topics’ page. There are many poems that come and go so why don’t you immortalise your offerings there?

Very good by the way……..Sally xx

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