Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
2 X/ [3 C/ {" p5 v" T+ iwas easier for you
/ Y# U! X) \# s: j, ]' R7 G# XHomesick
; \: H, i1 S! ?$ Z* b/ r4 A  kI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
) S' [% N* o. Cwith a view of returning to home ground

Days inched into years
I watched others
+ v. }/ z/ u3 Y6 C" ccome and go back
go and come back
0 F! q! Z7 C/ ~7 e) B( PWe never did
nor can we now
0 s/ E, |) I$ ]9 Q* Mresettle in the old country
) N: |6 s1 B1 \7 ?; Z% q2 jleave our children
and their children
settled down in theirs


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