Settling Down

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Coming here
: X  X. r' Y! [. ZSettling down
( f* s+ V5 Z' u+ A1 l* p. Owas easier for you
& w/ `* W0 ^2 E: s4 OHomesick
I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
) d( U6 R5 H* V. w3 L5 ?' Xwith a view of returning to home ground

+ |1 D8 l5 R: P' P! T, c1 MDays inched into years
I watched others
come and go back
go and come back
0 F5 a/ ~' K2 A% Y2 \+ pWe never did
nor can we now
3 e: b; s9 ~; P. K* }3 Sresettle in the old country
  S( R. s# n3 |  V5 R; c+ O8 H+ s  W8 ]leave our children
and their children
settled down in theirs


% Z( z- f# Z1 W- t# P+ t* y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990