Coming here7 j" n( \+ P! m0 f
Settling down0 }0 ^$ l: u) i4 n
was easier for you+ M& o1 z8 h) K4 v7 Q+ k0 B! f
Homesick 5 t$ ]( _# }9 |: o% P) K8 Y/ W$ oI measured the miles ` l+ `( @' _/ ?. Z
set the clock's dark hands. v& |' ?) f7 i% l
with a view of returning to home ground% x% Y, A3 i9 g9 Y4 w4 @9 N
1 u: x/ Z k9 h* \2 j9 }! WDays inched into years+ ^6 }2 n7 R" B; P7 U3 i
I watched others 0 p1 Z0 Y9 J% ycome and go back: z9 S2 Y- ]8 j& M( z
go and come back* c+ K' n0 i! l/ ]4 o0 B2 g
We never did % J0 w( v/ R/ ^+ n7 q) Inor can we now* u1 s8 G0 W- e% j r
resettle in the old country 6 h; N) n$ ?7 ~' r& [) i3 nleave our children 0 v+ h8 q$ K3 L7 K yand their children 6 J* I9 [7 d/ J# U$ N
settled down in theirs 8 F) [) U1 }* e% m2 D6 [5 e- X/ o" W W( K- P. A: d
$ U0 K% F! M- X9 m-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990