Suitcase red girl teenager together
New space time moving thataway
Farewell waving family people mindset
Suitcase red a symbol of hopes
dreams and small-town big escape
Suitcase red carried years down
Reminder grounded family value
Possessions little clothes few
Suitcase red a symbol of bravery
adventure and expanding mind
Biliyarra thaga
Warlugura
Gagurlimanha
Biliyarra thaga
The teenage girl
leaving on her own
with her red coolamon
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