Day 20 - Coal Mine

Two thirds of the way through the challenge. Today, I took a prompt out of my back catalogue from previous years. This one is to take an image and write what about it. I ended up with an image of a Coal Mine and miners working. And here comes the piece:

Coal Miner's Song

for the chain gang and gears 

for the broken rubble road 

for the engine's harsh rattle and 

for its silence 

for the soot-stained skin 

for the sinew shivering 

for the murk water drip from craglike fascia 

for the weight of these walls 

for the long stare 

for the iron screech of trolley wheel 

for the black gold and

for the promise of daylight.