Just a Moment
I open my eyes in this moment
I see electric lights without end
What a blessing taken for granted -
An oversight that I shall now mend
Let us look back in geologic time
Just the blink of an eye if you will
Back to my grandfather's time is all
He had a darkness they had to fill
"Electrify the world" they shouted
Cast the darkness away from our souls
And so clever people who knew how
Began to talk of ditches and poles
They said we will put a bright lightbulb
Each room in each house on the planet
So each room in the world got a wire
And no one took that chore for granted
That wire to that room on the planet
Got buried , put on poles, put in flumes
Crossed mountains, rivers, lakes and deserts
And before long it reached its own room
That chore multiplied by the millions
And in fifty years each room had wire
And each a lightbulb, praise be the Lord,
We didn't need the light from the fire
And so the world was electrified
Right up to this - our moment in time
Say thank you to the men and women
Who lit my way to create this rhyme
7-17-20
Contest: Just A Moment
Sponsor: John Lawless
Copyright © Larry Bradfield | Year Posted 2020
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