Travelling - A Different Perspective
Travel brings its own challenges
What to bring, what to leave behind
Sun cream and summer top?
Travel brings its own challenges
Who to bring, who not to leave behind
Some scream and some won't stop
Journeys from hell, a challenge again
Train cancelled, flight delayed
Put up in a nice hotel, reward for a night
Journeys from hell, a challenging terrain
A fight for your life if you'd stayed
Put up in a filthy room, reward for your plight
People make places so they say
Friendly locals, wonderfully hospitable
Welcome honoured guest
People make places if you pay
Suspicious locals, conditions inhospitable
Not welcome refugee pest
Always a pleasure to travel
But always great to be back home
Because home is where your heart is
Always a challenge to travel
And to have been forced from your home
Because home is where your heart was broken
Travel - for the fortunate holidaymaker, who can return to their home, happy and well rested.
Or for the refugee forced to flee conflict, risk a perilous journey and leave behind their home, uncertain if or when they will ever return.
