The Old Mine
Posted: November 9th, 2016, 6:18 pm
On boundless rock and sky,
a mineral tang wafts in desert fire.
Buff tides roll across a lucent sea.
Sear wind sings in petrified planks,
a ’48 flatbed chassis, its tires shiny
brittle in relentless blaze.
Out in the chasm of silent light,
weathered men receded into rock.
Hardship came with blasting caps.
Hard rock fortune lay just out of reach,
so deep they lost all sense of depth.
a mineral tang wafts in desert fire.
Buff tides roll across a lucent sea.
Sear wind sings in petrified planks,
a ’48 flatbed chassis, its tires shiny
brittle in relentless blaze.
Out in the chasm of silent light,
weathered men receded into rock.
Hardship came with blasting caps.
Hard rock fortune lay just out of reach,
so deep they lost all sense of depth.