Hooray! Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Joy to the world, my heart is glad, it's joy and
joy and JOY! Nici's suitcase went astray and it
seemed an awful day as I watched, emailed &
prayed, we asked what could be done, also she
was not picked up at the airport due to luggage
problems so she felt really bad and heavy was
my heart, and then she did not eat all that well -

All alone in a totally different time zone, and I
held a vigil just for her, a vigil - stoppering the
hole in my heart with food I should not have -
yet adrenaline prevailed and nothing made me
sleep, alert I waited for Nici to be safe and yea!
the email finally came - her suitcase's on its way,
hooray, hooray, hooray!