'MINER'S SONG'

 
FIVE-HUNDRED FEET INTO
EARTH THE FEARLESS DARE GO
THEY MAKE UP A GRIM
FRATERNITY WHOSE SECRETS 
WE DON'T KNOW. . .
 
THE BELIEVERS THERE AMONG
THEM  -  RECITE A LITTLE PRAYER
TO KEEP FALLS AND GAS
EXPLOSIONS FROM ROBBING THEM. . .
 
 
WHAT CAUSES MEN TO LIVE THEIR
DAYS,
IN DARK AND STANDING TOMBS. . .
 
 
WITH GREATEST RISK AND TOKEN
PAY.
RESPECT THAT'S SMALL, AND
HEALTH CONSUMED ?
 
 
      
 
      
        'AMEN, THEY MADE IT BACK'
              GOD BLESS, THEM. . .
 
            
                Love,   ~Barbara