Energy (or Lack of)

To make a vacuum cleaner go,
You have to plug it in.
Electric current also helps
Your toaster to begin.

A flashlight needs a battery
And likewise for a watch.
It’s known that many get a boost
From one quick shot of Scotch.

But power outages occur
And batteries go dead;
While AA members make a vow
And soda sip instead.

When energy’s depleted
If you have a sickness bug,
You feel just like a vacuum
With a fraying wire or plug.

Appliances are clueless, though,
When they are not employed.
The humans who depend on them
Have cause to be annoyed.

So we exchange the dried out cells
Or we replace the fuse.
It’s often not the biggest deal
With not too much to lose.

Yet when we’re sick, we’re so wiped out
To all it’s evident
That our get up and go has gone,
And who knows where it went.

So here I sit, not feeling great,
Without my normal pluck;
And, missing all my energy,
I feel unplugged and stuck!