Coming here ) i1 d: b) s: {+ |& JSettling down - x: a- R( z5 ?" y! Nwas easier for you! V" O' Y/ m! G0 ^' j* x
Homesick* {% E! r4 | B+ r' T9 `
I measured the miles+ U; {* l3 ~1 A. Z. Y: H
set the clock's dark hands$ u! s* Z) y9 L1 r) t ^
with a view of returning to home ground- v7 _0 t8 w% ]& B7 i
! {3 M: Q; m/ l/ K7 R! _/ b2 m! m% kDays inched into years ; a0 ~$ B: ?: g6 K3 L: ~ m+ @I watched others2 S. [( a& N* u
come and go back7 ~0 R t9 L* j
go and come back& |7 `" Y/ _( o( y4 f$ m
We never did 6 K- f7 ~/ o/ j* B6 gnor can we now9 t+ Y2 E; i$ v' r1 b. I
resettle in the old country 5 ?$ X, u; t4 V u+ qleave our children / K( d' u+ M" C# C' @; W' U
and their children : j+ `5 S# g+ p& I3 L9 s
settled down in theirs ! d, b) U) r6 M; Q' \7 a6 N . g8 i: H) [5 B( _9 x + q- {7 \6 V4 a-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990