Big Red Suitcase

Big red suitcase have you joined me on this venture?
Filled with comforts, clothes and memories;
Filled with footwear searched for everywhere.

Big red suitcase did you board the plane in Toronto and then leave the plane only to be loaded again 2-1/2 hours later after mechanical difficulties were corrected?

Big red suitcase did you arrive at New York JFK and have time to travel from a Delta to a United Airlines flight, moving between the chaos of terminals? Did they care enough to move you in a hurry?

Big red suitcase did you catch the Thai flighi in L.A. to travel through the night skies to Bangkok? Once again you needed to travel between terminals. There were so many people going somewhere with so many bags, boxes, suitcases and back packs. Did your number get read correctly and loaded on the right flight?

Big red suitcase have you arrived at the Bangkok airport with me 16 hours later? Are you waiting on the cart ready to board the final plane to Vientiane?


(Big red suitcase and his buddy did not arrive in Vientiane with me, but safely arrived 24 hours later. It is a miracle to me how the majority of suitcases actually arrive at their final destination.)