#100PoemsForKids 24: Battery Life

Fiachra wants a poem about the life of a battery.

I imagine a fully charged battery to be somewhat… overexcited.

I’ve just got so much energy!
I wonder what I’ll do!
I can’t wait to get started
Doing something to help you!
Perhaps I’ll make a torch shine bright!
Or help to power a toy!
I hope I get to do something
That’s going to bring you joy!

Or maybe I’ll be SENSIBLE!
Take on some vital task!
You need a working smoke alarm?
You only have to ask!
I’ve got so much to give to you!
I’m here to help, no doubt!
And I’ll keep right on giving
Till my energy runs out!

But then what happens? Maybe
I’ll just be thrown away.
No good to you, I’ll be chucked out
No more to help you play…
I won’t just be unhelpful –
That causes me alarm
Because a thrown out battery
Can cause a lot of harm!

But if you’d just recharge me
Or recycle me, then yay!
I’ll get to help somebody else
In some new, different way!
I’ve just got so much energy!
I need something to do!
Whatever job you’ve got for me,
You know I’m here for you!