 鲜花( 152)  鸡蛋( 1)
|
Coming here; K5 Z/ }3 t% d& y! a
Settling down
- P7 z9 _% X3 X7 I+ t, U$ h, Dwas easier for you2 M! J8 M0 k8 F6 F" ^# N
Homesick
) q& B: a4 f; ?$ }8 {- VI measured the miles
: W7 k1 g8 u) b- N# }! h5 Sset the clock's dark hands
- y& l6 F) @$ I! \7 Iwith a view of returning to home ground
% q. R& ?2 [- B" y5 \7 ^- \: [' @, w' A4 z$ p4 |
Days inched into years
$ j4 V5 U. o! j$ yI watched others% `! `6 m% P0 b L! Y; v
come and go back
: L8 X* G! D% n, Ggo and come back
% T- d6 X4 E' W& h0 q0 I4 GWe never did+ k" Q. x- D( |' a* t3 c: V
nor can we now% v3 n/ s! w: s4 O3 p
resettle in the old country
9 ^+ o9 H* e4 U' `leave our children 5 v0 _ t3 B3 S) h( N
and their children
Q, ~: e+ b. X8 ^) r2 Vsettled down in theirs
+ p9 X5 ]( c3 ?) x- M) U2 W, C1 ^6 K" x9 y a _" J* x) P
4 U2 Z3 p5 T. I1 b$ k) w/ } v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
|