If you fly...

Hope for a blue sky.

Kansas City to Cincinnati delayed,

Mechanical error they said.

Flight to Paris fled, instead

In Cincinnati I stayed.

Cincinnati, woman in blue said,

"It was the weather's fault.

Therefore: you pay. Default!"

I pay and hang my head.

"At least Business class tomorrow,"

I think and go to sleep.

Next day, DELAY AGAIN, I weep.

In Atlanta I land, 10 minutes from sorrow.

I run and climb and sweat and curse.

Arrive at the gate and see my plane!

But the doors are closed and I strain

My voice to make my claim

That I need to be on this plane.

My pleas in vain, oh what a shame,

Another plane left and I remain.

Another woman in blue, and I converse.

"My plane left without me!"

"I understand, rebooking in progress.

No flight tonight, but do not stress,

Maybe tomorrow, or Tuesday."

"Tuesday you say!? 2 more day!?"

"It is the weather! Hotel! You pay!"

"I will not pay, there is no way!"

"The Woman in Red, I guess,

Has more power, less stress."

To the Woman in Red I flee.

"There are no flights,

but what do you claim?

The flight from KC is to blame?

A mechanical error you say it was?

Records say, 'Maintenance was the cause.'

They made you pay? A shame!

Hotel on us, glad you came."

Savior in Red, 2 free nights.

Hotel is nice, friendly, and large.

In my room, a flat screen TV.

And also, on floor three,

A gym, free of charge.

I hope to be,

In Germany,

With family,

By Christmas.