Power Off

View of ocean from a cave on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.

Power Off

1/19/10

There are lapses

when energy lags

effected by environment,

inner and outer,

our thought quality

whether negative, positive,

food we ingest,

organic or processed,

variety of exercise

at work, play,

sometimes beyond control

abrupt severing happens,

perhaps it's sickness,

a personal catastrophe,

or national predicament

that robs opportunity

for re-establishing connection,

left in dark

we remember simplicity

the real basics

often overlooked, unappreciated,

things like housing,

food, water, air,

just being alive

to read book,

play a guitar

whenever electricity falters,

reminding the preciousness

power off illuminates.