Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
0 q2 x/ @; ~( [3 K3 Z/ ?9 ~/ jwas easier for you
, l  m/ W+ z; aHomesick
+ j2 S9 \1 O6 M" q2 W7 AI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
2 @; _* ?9 Y2 V$ h9 gwith a view of returning to home ground

6 x6 y4 x$ [4 X, D$ F, GDays inched into years
I watched others
come and go back
go and come back
8 S2 ^- l! \+ c: u: v! E* X  }1 w" tWe never did
' E0 w- J3 X9 \4 {6 tnor can we now
. z/ E" l- Z1 I& iresettle in the old country
, h, \) x5 J0 J$ \leave our children
and their children
! n  y% w8 _4 z9 Vsettled down in theirs


-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990