Increasingly when I create a travel itinerary
I’ve come to view it as a guideline and not necessarily
A plan to be executed barring an extenuating circumstance
These days it almost seems a matter of chance
Whether my trip proceeds according to my plan detailed-
Weather, conflict, war can work individually or in collusion to derail
Elaborate travel plans made months in advance
Each time I plan a trip, I take a chance
On being disappointed, on not being able to go at all
The unpredictability is worse now than I previously recall
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As I pen these lines, I thank my stars that the right travel itinerary I chose
I am on my way back from a trip, while some airspaces have closed
I could have been stranded had I chosen differently
Who knows if my sixth sense had influenced me!
Passion...unbridled 