Outage Oh, portent! Watch my words Phone beeping wakes me after midnight Power dips and surges then gone So black Fumbling for my flashlight stumbled on Jazz pacing, all the noises Lights rotating outside power trucks Branch, hot wire down shut off the neighborhood Low din as generators come on Christmas no lights on the tree only candles, lovely candles and quiet
Quite the Christmas glow enjoyed!
Yes!
Ah, "lovely" candles, their peaceful light gently glowing, reaching,,. finding us quietly in the dark...
And our equally lovely gas fireplace, keeping us warm! It stuns me how dependent we are on electricity and technology.... I don't take it for granted.
the path from panic to peace lit by candles...
Oh! So sorry that you were left in the dark, but what a lovely final stanza:
"Christmas
no lights on the tree
only candles, lovely candles
and quiet"
Such peace in that!