 鲜花( 152)  鸡蛋( 1)
|
Coming here9 C$ W* g8 i+ }4 p
Settling down6 j' q# N) I/ N- n
was easier for you4 k' Z9 _" K& k
Homesick
$ ^8 _. Q) O6 dI measured the miles8 t$ m" \+ n" J, j5 X
set the clock's dark hands
8 }* K, m, e; a5 f# }with a view of returning to home ground: g9 I- a$ m; @- d* v
* g! D0 y3 S4 G9 k+ jDays inched into years
) M3 w6 |5 `% g( {4 sI watched others
- o% _' t# f. d v0 ?come and go back m! x4 t/ T3 F$ }1 v! k
go and come back
- U$ h3 N- E% L9 RWe never did$ w$ ]+ r9 ^+ w) ^5 v5 z
nor can we now' v2 g2 Z* i8 h, h+ ~# S: T: S
resettle in the old country
: p B7 U, i* B7 J; Sleave our children 1 l9 c* z/ E% |6 J
and their children 3 }6 c& P1 v2 U. Y# V1 V& i
settled down in theirs
' L- f; G% p Q
' a6 Z( @, W, ?" `
/ ?" m3 H& J' k$ v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
|