Ode to Electricity
On losing power in a rainforest storm.
Oh Electricity, I do love thee.
You fill my days with light,
even the darkest of these,
or on a rain filled night.
Let not the storm take you from me,
do not forsake me in the night.
Keep for me the water hot!
When you flee, I love thee still.
Do not leave me affright
that you will not return.
You hid your face for days,
my life left dark and cold.
I could not bathe for your cruel ways,
your loss did make the days grow old.
Long I waited for you,
sitting, damp and hungry.
Oh, Electricity, return to me.
Leave me not for length of time undue.
Come hither, I am not angry.
Oh, Electricity I do love thee!
We went without power for a week late last fall due to a torrential storm that moved across the island from a large Pacific storm front.
Basically, we were camping in our house.
It gives you a whole new appreciation of modern living!
More rainforest poetry…
Taressa has loved fairy tales, fables, and imaginary worlds for as long as she can remember. She began imagining and writing her own in grade school and is compelled to continue. To support her compulsions, she has spent her working world life managing businesses of various types and is now self-employed in the hospitality industry in Hawaii. Currently she lives and writes in Pele’s rainforest with her husband, two dogs, one feral chicken, and an imaginary cat. She writes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and blogs about life. Some of her current works can be found in the publications Daily Cuppa, The Lark, and Middle Pause.