Coming here * B9 n' s3 b. o P @* h* `' ySettling down 6 `! |6 k* z8 d7 D1 D. l% Nwas easier for you8 z; ^2 ?3 k$ n, _4 C- K! i
Homesick4 m* o Y8 E1 D7 N4 ]) r4 E
I measured the miles7 c* Z$ c& X+ Q; I9 x- w% w! X$ ~
set the clock's dark hands 9 F: A" h4 \# ?1 J4 dwith a view of returning to home ground # {9 ~% ?! e2 d+ L( b % c' w: }! G2 H0 FDays inched into years ' t/ \1 ~- s3 v7 a) r( xI watched others1 `: F1 W5 t; h" P
come and go back . U; g# ^3 e9 n1 c" A0 Fgo and come back ! f: I" ?1 i; l2 nWe never did 3 J! ^# f8 T+ ]6 anor can we now" M4 ~, x O8 Q0 N. E5 ?
resettle in the old country ) K% i$ w9 O( lleave our children * a$ J6 h( A4 \$ S0 qand their children : {4 ~- ^5 b+ `settled down in theirs 3 G- |& H+ \' k8 W" u* x; J3 s4 O
% B4 |( R; Q9 E3 F9 c! M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990