Coming here7 v8 Z& c- b: w; ?
Settling down- M3 i( x+ Z" s6 B: O7 W
was easier for you( C1 r3 `8 _& o! t9 x" D6 k
Homesick0 [9 r! X1 [+ J! A
I measured the miles ( a p* R* n. s( h8 vset the clock's dark hands2 ~* _% B) A: |( m% A, K
with a view of returning to home ground$ D/ p" d* F' T+ F$ _, z2 y7 `
. s- U( `$ i; n* O) T) j0 oDays inched into years ( Y$ g+ G! U7 v' `1 t1 UI watched others* J) \- s2 M3 D' Q$ |
come and go back8 S; f) l# g: m
go and come back; p* Q! |; y9 B- g; G1 K0 W3 j
We never did $ e+ U9 W# R* S; L' Wnor can we now 1 n; q& S) _! ?3 e' U6 Y1 L8 Uresettle in the old country . k R4 M" v: n' ^4 ileave our children 1 f7 A' G+ L* b# {' Nand their children . N) a l1 y! F- {% m% ^
settled down in theirs 3 G" z' n# d8 @ l; | 6 m# v# {1 l2 W! h ; n: x- w# z _2 ]- p- Q. b- G-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990