Coming here) w' N) T" J x& a1 G. [5 I7 e
Settling down 9 k( w/ a# b; |% n: `% {was easier for you! K! N! n) ~. @5 {
Homesick $ h. {# Q$ X- K5 {6 b$ L" b7 t3 eI measured the miles4 M* U( l# K& C% B7 v7 s6 z
set the clock's dark hands9 }( M0 N( S9 _8 t5 T' T
with a view of returning to home ground5 n( K5 p* Z# ~) {8 j: }! T
2 ^% a& Q3 y8 o4 B; v' t6 ADays inched into years / i8 Q5 q0 n/ l% tI watched others, j& A7 g% \) G. ^2 d6 x* e
come and go back . y a6 d& Q& A2 G' Cgo and come back) n8 V* s+ i6 }2 |8 w5 d
We never did 4 Q+ M2 B# ?8 g- I. Enor can we now : _( T. z/ m; A. L- C' qresettle in the old country7 B1 p4 \2 I' q( w7 e7 K
leave our children 6 n! K$ ]8 N) l Y" f5 n
and their children % B' g6 g9 i- I; W! ?, F
settled down in theirs ; Z" G/ w: [3 A' u) D. ?* Z $ {7 N' x4 }8 Z2 t2 [- N3 L W/ u% Y) A
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990