The poem below is by Rachel Lyman Field. It gives a very nice feeling of white living in the Florida Keys is like. I first saw this poem posted at Little Palm Island, a luxurious resort located about 3 miles off of Kittle Torch Key. This poem hung framed in the front lobby where you checked in to go out to the island. I was the boat captain taking guests out to spend their vacation on Little Palm Island when I first saw this poem.
If once you have slept on an island You'll never be quite the same;
You may look as you looked the day before
And go by the same old name,
You may bustle about in street and shop
You may sit at home and sew,
But you'll see blue water and wheeling gulls
Wherever your feet may go.
You may chat with the neighbors of this and that
And close to your fire keep,
But you'll hear ship whistle and lighthouse bell
And tides beat through your sleep.
Oh! you won't know why and you can't say how
Such a change upon you came,
But once you have slept on an island,
You'll never be quite the same.
*The above poem is the work of Poet Rachel Lyman Field and is copyrighted. I am not claiming responsibility for writing or creating this poem in full or any part of it. It was just something I enjoyed and wanted to share with my Readers.
Gary McAdams, PA
Key West, Florida
Realtor, Notary Public
Barbara A. Anderson Realty
Serving Key West and the Florida Keys
