{"sf1_id":276168,"sf2_id":"q1xZzWym","title":"When My Brethren Call","author":"WaterSinger","words":166,"posted_at":"2011-08-10T10:12:00.000Z","tags":["Family","Female","Poem","Poetry","Sad","Shifting","Solo","Transformation","Wish","Wolf","alone"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/276168-when-my-brethren-call","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/q1xZzWym","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/57/11/5711749c-f3de-4b94-b39b-ff8db9db37f0","description":"","content":"\u0026nbsp;\n\nI hear my brethren calling me, outside, down below.\n\nI see them cavorting,\n\nThe stars and moon marking them with a guise of wisdom.\n\n\u0026nbsp;How I wish I could shed this unwelcome body.\n\nLeave this frame to run in fur.\n\nI am stuck though, only able to lower my head to my arms\n\nAnd weep, praying I can find them in my sleep.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf swamps me,\n\nForging new bonds within my mind.\n\nMy skin cracks,\n\nFur spreading new warmth over my bones.\n\nMy new form stands,\n\nProud and noble upon the ground.\n\nMy heart pounds as golden eyes pieces the darkness,\n\nAnd I run.\n\nNot a single bit of regret remains,\n\nI leave my past behind.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNo longer locked to an ungrateful body,\n\nAllowed the freedom to run where I wish.\n\nPart of the pack, part of the family,\n\nI can no longer feel alone.\n\nI feel strong.\n\nI feel free.\n\nI'm wild, and at peace\n\n- If only in my dreams.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}