Eleven Ways of Looking at a Lightbulb

Beaming in a dark city,

A lightbulb guides a path

The lightbulb from the

Stained glass lamp

Gives a comforting, warm glow

To books and bedsheets

Lightbulbs in cartoons illuminating

A fresh new idea 

Edison envisions the modern world

It can be scary when you know someone and get 

Used to being around them, 

Loving them, 

And then they just leave

As if a lightbulb went out in your soul

Life has been an uphill battle

Always barricades and challenges

It’s as if with every step

Broken pieces of lightbulbs are plunging, 

Deep within your skin

To the point of being lost

I’m glad the lightbulb is my source of light

Without it, I would be in darkness.

Drowning in my own thoughts

Without my lightbulb, I would be stuck

Not knowing what to do

The energy, voltage, and electrons

It takes to power

Lightbulbs around the city

The lightbulb is the cause

Of being afraid of the dark

The lightbulb guided me back to you, 

With the fluorescent beam of light

That matches the inside of your soul.