Coming here R- d0 c6 x3 @/ QSettling down# [1 I: t( w& O5 H1 W! h
was easier for you5 K$ O5 k3 b; n- ?4 r8 b, O% z. U
Homesick : g0 z* C* j" }4 lI measured the miles5 l- k2 H) ~0 u1 [0 ?- r% B
set the clock's dark hands% B6 z1 l; |7 d3 i0 | L
with a view of returning to home ground * y5 p/ E) c% ` 5 A) T+ Q' m4 V( G) lDays inched into years2 |' E' v8 b& E& Y' @+ {8 ~
I watched others 6 E- z, C' Q4 y# W' Ccome and go back: g4 u# \2 \; t2 H1 A# R
go and come back7 M) `6 Y8 H9 D
We never did ; ~$ b- j! A8 e0 hnor can we now 1 b! X! w5 W$ M& E; Dresettle in the old country# j9 w w* i; K
leave our children 0 Q2 i- T5 N) U9 S. z( iand their children 7 h; `1 P' r# c9 l2 Z
settled down in theirs ( ~0 B% k9 A' l# b3 _& H7 {: u! s; x$ f
8 V) P- v! o+ L1 w' m0 P: Q
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990