Pete Yuhas Poet Narrative

Coal Mine

They were working in a coal mine
six miles below the ground
We hit a pocket someone yelled
then the walls came tumbling down

They could not see through all that dust
as they scrambled to get out
The shaft was sealed with tons of rock
"we're trapped" came someones shout

Within three hours the dust was gone
thank god no one was hurt
They sat there staring endlessly
at those tons of rock and dirt

We're here for good a man cried out
"start praying" someone said 
Don't give up, there's always hope
no matter what you dread

A miner took a shovel and pick
and headed down the shaft
You're going deeper someone yelled
"I know, I feel a draft"

They heard him digging in the dark
the lanterns growing dim
Then someone yelled, as a brilliant light
shone blindly right past him

Some miners yelled and others cried
"my god this can't be true"
For there alone was a world beyond
the wall that man broke through......

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