Call of Home

James BellDecember 29, 2017

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Call of Home

written by: James Bell

@jbell_counsel

It still seems so painfully far away
Dreams of you on a fading distant skyline
With the siren call of home ever loud
Your body silhouetted on the beach, touched by hungry jealous waves

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