The lights are off, 
candles flicker. 
A reminder of life 
without power. 
No surges of hope, 
or sparks of joy. 
A life run low, 
fueled only by sorrow. 
Infrastructure fails, 
and businesses fall. 
People are angry 
as prices soar. 
What is left? 
A country bereft 
of a future, 
unless change is embraced 
and the old ways are replaced 
with renewed energy; 
a chance for power to be restored.