Settling Down

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Coming here
# ]4 x/ @& M0 r$ H0 \Settling down
was easier for you
+ |& ^2 e  _. j- P+ D. ZHomesick
5 A/ q( s4 u6 J+ dI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
) K' ^: _% }: \* ]8 i' P" Bwith a view of returning to home ground

# X; A) B% @6 p3 \5 EDays inched into years
- }% D+ U: A% z9 uI watched others
7 h4 O2 t  S% }2 O; |$ R9 Wcome and go back
go and come back
' [3 F9 s( F. i& kWe never did
  x/ e8 Q5 B' jnor can we now
resettle in the old country
2 }. X6 J: ]; F' j* c# Qleave our children
/ K! ^) Q+ Q' N' M" y' S7 ?' [and their children
settled down in theirs


-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990