WE TAKE TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED
AS EXPECTATIONS SOAR
INSTEAD BECOME ENCHANTED
WITH ALL YOU'RE GRATEFUL FOR
TAKING THINGS FOR GRANTED LEADS TO
LOSING THEM YOU'LL FIND THIS TRUE
BEING GRATEFUL YOU WILL FIND
MORE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR IN TIME
Author's Notes/Comments:
YESTERDAY THERE WAS A STORM BUT IT WAS THE WEEIRDEST THING...I ONLY HEARD A FEW MINUTES AT MOST OF HAIL SOUNDS AND THEN A BIG BOOM AND THE ELECTRIC WENT OUT...I WAS GRATEFUL IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE SO I COULD OPEN DRAPES AND STILL HAVE SOME LIGHT...I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE BACK ON BEFORE IT GOT DARK OUT CUZ THERE WOULD NOT EVEN BE ANY LIGHT FROM THE STREET LIGHTS CUZ THEY WERE OUT TOO...I COULDN'T CALL TO REPORT THE OUTAGE CUZ I DON'T HAVE A CELL PHONE AND MY PHONE LINE IS CONNECTED TO ELECTRIC POWER...I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH TIME WENT BY BECAUSE MY CLOCK IS ON MY COMPUTER AND TV AND THEY ARE BOTH ELECTRIC...I HEARD NOISE IN THE ALLEY AND SAW FLASHING LIGHTS AND IT WAS THE ELECTRIC COMPANY COME TO FIX THE POWER....I WAS GRATEFUL THEY HAD COME AND WERE FIXING IT. IT WAS FIXED BEFORE IT GOT DARK OUT AND I FOUND TWO EMAILS FROM COMED SAYING THE POWER OUTAGE WAS REPORTED AND AT WHAT TIME AND THAT IT WAS RESTORED AND AT WHAT TIME...IT WAS OUT APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS...I WAS GRATEFUL THEY CAME SO FAST AND WONDERING HOW IT WAS REPORTED...DID MY GUARDIAN ANGEL SEND FOR HELP....I DID ASK FOR HELP CUZ I COULD NOT REPORT IT BUT I KNEW IT WASN'T JUST ME CUZ THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ANYWHERE ELSE EITHER SO SOMEBODY REPORTED IT BUT THE EMAIL SAID IT WAS REPORTED AT MY ADDRESS SO MAYBE THE SMART METER DID IT...HOWEVER IT HAPPENED I AM GRATEFUL IT GOT FIXED SO FAST...AND I KNOW I TAKE ELECTRIC FOR GRANTED UNTIL IT GOES OUT AND REMEMBER HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE IT...THAT IS WHAT INSPIRED THIS POEM...TOO MUCH INFORMATION...ANOTHER DAY IN APRIL ANOTHER POEM FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
