Coming here6 T/ f7 Z1 C9 z9 z; [2 u
Settling down% W/ g1 T9 n: O' I
was easier for you/ f B5 R8 s8 C( F2 M
Homesick : x6 f/ t9 l J5 [5 e" hI measured the miles * }8 O4 n6 a4 ^; h4 w& [% p6 i- @set the clock's dark hands 8 i: ^% d& ~3 xwith a view of returning to home ground( {8 M' t2 V" |) C
/ C( {! C8 ]3 N2 vDays inched into years1 Y. B m& q1 `6 |
I watched others & b- }( g3 U+ M. o) tcome and go back) a! R9 ]3 t7 F9 L$ f
go and come back% h4 C* [7 C$ _# \) I# o8 M
We never did $ N7 F1 O D8 d( @; `4 Wnor can we now+ r' b8 g* n7 |3 N
resettle in the old country# u, b/ x8 E4 O9 e# R# B
leave our children - ^* |4 @- y- r+ s) H: Oand their children 8 u5 C) L' m; H. Z4 _' s
settled down in theirs 5 ?8 h2 o9 I( i4 ]' I9 U % ^( l, N1 ^4 |- G" L3 Q. }" C# B! @2 R) h2 B1 [2 y
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990