 鲜花( 152)  鸡蛋( 1)
|
Coming here# j$ p/ [$ j, F! v |2 r
Settling down
@4 l1 u' M3 L- y0 Owas easier for you7 s2 v1 D" h$ M; M& D6 V
Homesick
. z. u1 U( m2 g: [& [% GI measured the miles
/ V1 v/ X, p2 t# T( Iset the clock's dark hands
1 y0 @" [6 K7 D- |1 O' s* e: |5 gwith a view of returning to home ground" l% `6 o: J. J* {9 x% ^" i5 }
6 K, e( r! `4 o# v- Q$ ~
Days inched into years
/ S* R- C& z8 J7 @- q5 W3 e ^' pI watched others/ F3 {! k- y! o9 {
come and go back
7 v" c( a; u" s8 I1 W" t/ W |4 e! W' [go and come back7 T6 g7 o! s( }+ h5 M! q S
We never did) M+ E4 y' V1 m" [9 a* t- ~4 p
nor can we now
* d9 q+ u* v* p9 i% sresettle in the old country
0 g" l: j2 A: D8 p7 t: lleave our children * V+ y* k* J( H: f. C) P: L8 {
and their children , @/ Q3 P n- c+ A# C; F* w5 T0 V
settled down in theirs; i' y& k( F( q% n+ D* p
0 Z5 G0 g& O8 {& W2 b6 z
; G) B6 ]8 _0 x/ k1 @- x
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
|