Coming here 0 K; d0 K1 e- x2 XSettling down 1 U# e6 Z6 }& U# jwas easier for you 5 e. G; a7 @ ?0 Q% c6 D( `1 K6 e3 CHomesick& Y; u7 ~- M3 f6 s9 ?
I measured the miles * E) Y/ G; `$ D5 s/ S7 Rset the clock's dark hands 0 J8 w4 ^) d1 B8 e5 C; b. D: B' ewith a view of returning to home ground 2 x8 U' T1 F; {$ f; @7 u, J3 q: ~8 I/ R* @
Days inched into years % j- h; W+ s5 j4 tI watched others8 T% T/ a* O+ t# J. P
come and go back/ h3 o2 ^/ v T) C3 m
go and come back0 E- g! l# Y2 I# ~2 `7 ?+ ^9 ^2 q
We never did$ v5 `1 c- w5 } w' v$ I7 p6 y
nor can we now3 b3 p( f8 h' ~' c
resettle in the old country / h8 t w9 B+ _- fleave our children ( c8 f0 S; W+ C0 Y4 J
and their children $ C- X* w: O( {8 W: @settled down in theirs + j& S5 |9 J% l5 m9 t 2 z* O+ m7 s/ k3 ]+ s( p* a) L' ~: o6 ~& ]/ I6 c
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990