Coming here 4 `. S. w5 T# h- ~9 L# fSettling down $ _2 R; r. M2 vwas easier for you 4 c1 N6 t. @! f' k. A/ xHomesick / B8 r! z" u* V) X; Z4 BI measured the miles# H* ]6 f+ I) G) t: t9 a
set the clock's dark hands % G! ^' A" r" J9 H5 W6 F0 Z8 ]$ N' @with a view of returning to home ground : o0 s" } z* u7 ?9 U6 }/ U6 y! f: `7 T! d0 I
Days inched into years 3 ~; d$ y% X Z& S4 OI watched others. q$ w3 n! \4 g! g4 I3 k
come and go back4 P4 E/ i9 G9 @7 {% X
go and come back # n" y. i# e; g! J7 W# WWe never did' S/ G% Z. e9 C. m2 d7 r% \: Y# u
nor can we now ) _( H9 q1 x. F% } d# y" Xresettle in the old country0 @/ ~: G2 ~$ L1 }5 }
leave our children 1 K! A i1 Y8 e; b: a- s6 X
and their children " N& {2 T0 m) {2 H* Q
settled down in theirs & ?8 D( J7 n% K/ R- E8 W! _7 |5 y* C% \6 Q g% V6 e' N
4 v! l8 o2 u1 H: Y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990