Coming here# C$ F l+ `+ r2 J: H& v% }
Settling down" R* ?! c8 L% v# M! v
was easier for you @; B& {; B8 i) i. H7 `# k7 `
Homesick6 R3 n! b5 |9 ]7 i/ }% z& X
I measured the miles# m( b6 n% Q9 ^0 q
set the clock's dark hands/ ~; n' {. @) i$ Q2 X" `; Y
with a view of returning to home ground 6 _; M9 D/ E9 u5 Q) K/ H& a) w' y- a) l4 S4 p7 W- l* z0 ?
Days inched into years; Z8 a+ d1 a: ^+ d1 b4 A
I watched others& H7 G9 h* Z+ \+ w% K n
come and go back3 j1 k0 D4 F: t3 a" b; t" P* J
go and come back ! S9 e0 q" \# [! J0 dWe never did$ L8 r. _& q( D7 ]: b1 u
nor can we now' P: A6 ?+ R4 ?) s0 l; D6 [) S
resettle in the old country) T; u+ _/ J4 S2 N) `: @
leave our children * e" a z( ]: J5 Y' s' wand their children 8 u( O+ g5 Q8 G, Q$ ?
settled down in theirs " R7 x3 l. m. D' `+ f z% G " p) @" P- D1 f8 q . C1 D; d; d( {( y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990