Energy

 

 

Lots of talk about energy

In these contemporary times

And a number of adjectives emerge

In my overactive mind.

 

Each one brings a colour

As we all know adjectives do

And with it, there’s a difference,

For not only me but you.

 

We start with mental energy

Like my overactive mind,

Though I have retired eleven years

I’m thinking all the time.

 

Maybe I am pushing back

Against a certain illness

That ravishes the mind of some

During the aging process.

 

 

I make a deliberate effort

To conserve my mental energy

And arguing is considerably less

As not to encourage futility.

 

I am aiming for clean energy

Regarding the energy of my mind

And avoiding certain pollutants

That are of the dangerous kind.

 

The ones that bring stress

And cause severe depression;

That disrupts one’s pure thinking

And hinders comprehension.

 

Then there is wasted energy

That manifests in inefficiency,

Particularly common in these days

In the local economy.

 

A lot of money spent

With little production to show

With all the eggs in one basket

But guess what?  Our leaders know. 

 

 

And what of electrical energy

That drives the modern technology:

Mostly of the fuel fossil type

And used by BL&P?

 

This is a colossal burden

On the local economy

Given the amount of money spent

To access this energy.

 

Yet, lots of talk and little action

Regarding renewable energy

And the irony of a rate hearing

Pertaining to electricity.

 

The fluctuating circumstances

Of the fuel charge

And the facilitating of solar energy

Like an escaped convict at large.

 

 

And what about spent energy?

I will end with this one,

For whatever kind of energy there is,

Spent signifies it’s gone.

 

Not all of the energy

But the energy which has been used:

Whether efficiently put to use

Or wasted and abused.

 

And so, just like I began,

I do propose to end;

Thus, on the note of mental energy,

This note to you I’ll send.

 

 

Keep thy heart with all diligence;

For out of it are the issues of life.

A polluted state of mind

Is the recipe for ongoing strife!

 

Stewart Russell © October 19, 2022