Coming here : M1 S6 i! c: o) p5 iSettling down % N4 Q3 P+ f# {) I3 z# r9 }1 i; rwas easier for you 4 e4 a# e, f- u2 B( iHomesick" i$ F2 z$ n% t) }7 d6 I f8 p
I measured the miles ) D9 P" x$ E& |set the clock's dark hands 1 J1 o' P/ V- G r3 ewith a view of returning to home ground ; | z% V; J; j2 q0 ~# S. ]& ]9 K
Days inched into years8 T" ^* m l8 ~' C9 J$ r+ K
I watched others + k: J3 l0 ^! e; M( Ycome and go back" w4 l' | e$ z6 f9 p" R
go and come back- e* ~! b9 K T3 G
We never did ! y) H" U ^# l6 p! z; mnor can we now% D7 ?1 f; T5 W! G6 P
resettle in the old country 8 ^3 d2 L7 s. U+ p. Nleave our children $ P2 \% S3 @2 B7 H" P9 {
and their children $ \4 v' i- V7 G& |settled down in theirs 9 }3 F7 }, B+ P1 Z3 r: U 6 m8 u" k4 l7 r+ m4 I6 `: q 9 C* Q2 s: q$ K. H7 @# P-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990