Have Rucksack - will Travel!

Alone, no chats, most SMART-phone wired

Time zone journeys make me tired

Endless corridors, bright light

Security palaver – tight!

 

Frankfurt – vast pulsating hub

Lufthansa – unexciting grub!

Turbulence rocks big-bird plane

Full to the gunwales - once again!

 

A world away in Singapore

Lush orchids garden in main hall

Sweet fragrant blooms with palms and ferns

Prove Nature holds its own, and spurns

 

The brash displays of gifts alluring;

The God of Merchandise is purring!

I watch some jaded families go

From gate to gate – small kids in tow!

 

Long waiting times mean anguished faces

The price to pay for going places?

It’s sultry here in evening glow

My winter overcoat I stow.

 

While the tinkling fountains ever flowing

Accompany the tourists going

Eager-eyed to sunny climes

Not many now dressed to the nines!

 

Sneakers, jeans and casual wear

Now seem, unspoken, de rigueur

But there are signs of Christmas buzz:

Posh purchases are what one does!

 

My case checked through,  is re-directed

Fingers crossed; we’ll be connected!

When I touch down in Adelaide

For family Christmas – long delayed …

(c) Poet in the woods 2023

18.12.2023

Adelaide Airport - new development