Settling Down

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Coming here
& l, d. H/ `7 ~/ PSettling down
was easier for you
Homesick
  E. [% o) @  z. i' k& eI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
with a view of returning to home ground

Days inched into years
4 i8 [! B9 D: [9 i) ?: G2 p. qI watched others
! _& {% m. C! p) s* {5 {- }come and go back
  z3 \2 b) }7 T- Vgo and come back
We never did
$ U4 w4 m7 [! M8 I5 Z  u0 [: hnor can we now
/ T1 L: d* Q9 p) o+ F* ?1 Oresettle in the old country
2 ]3 m2 \/ v% m, r% N, v4 c6 ?leave our children
& ?, L# f: v/ Iand their children
settled down in theirs


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