7 JUNE 1963, Page 18

En Route

You've come a long way (they said). 1 had a long way to come.

You are fortunate not to be dead. My home was no longer home.

This has happened to others before. The door is still ajar.

You could have been killed in the war. I thank my lucky star.

The music is beginning to flame— It comes from afar.

But you are— Yes, I am.

ALAN ROSS