That Ugly Blackout Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

That blackout started yesterday After those thunderstorms hit something outside... I did not have candles... I started looking for my mobile phone... I was praying God to protect me From that absolute darkness... I could not see anything... Silence and some kind of fear felt by me Simply because it was an ugly atmosphere over there... I drank my tea mixed with coffee mate in a hurry... It was after midnight When everything got shut down... Blackouts are common in this neighborhood In which I live in... Emergency crews are never ready To fix any problem immediately... Life becomes lifeless and absurd When any blackout happens... No one cares about those blackouts anytime, but People prefer to go bed rather than waiting for Power to be restored anytime... It is difficult to tolerate those sudden and ugly blackouts... We are in the twenty-first century and There are those bad, sudden, and ugly blackouts... Who cares? I doubt... No one cares. Life goes on. ______________________________________________________________________