Coming here + B) Z& I) A$ N0 q Z8 BSettling down ! d& d$ E5 T# g4 V) G/ o" X; Dwas easier for you ! c K! M. o- V# Q3 O: @: `& q3 ?Homesick2 h9 w- M3 V7 B! c2 l e3 s
I measured the miles) Y& Q' A+ h+ d
set the clock's dark hands 8 Z7 `! l& {# `1 e) O# o& @8 ywith a view of returning to home ground 0 b: M& J2 s+ J# J9 i: [# z $ `1 N( b1 H. _% E H! V7 \- FDays inched into years* H- v3 a+ M6 O( B# Z1 i; G- `3 Q
I watched others + G/ B8 o) x1 P! J9 qcome and go back/ F) E8 `/ N) v i
go and come back 8 s" e, l u) f1 J8 XWe never did ) M0 n, I M) Fnor can we now 6 i3 ~3 E! T2 p2 A2 P4 jresettle in the old country2 i$ K$ v$ v8 ~
leave our children + j0 w7 J7 p) }7 ^2 S4 \
and their children 2 ]/ Z# r/ [) _7 Q
settled down in theirs + g( r1 H2 R% v7 i 5 v% L( E. c8 A. L2 o! H* | l/ d7 Y1 o5 _
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990