Miner's Wife
How do I explain to my children
Dina, four and Danny, six
That we're waiting to hear
If the mine collapsed,
That Daddy's involved
And may not come out.
I ran through the snow in my bare feet
Not feeling the numbing cold
When the announcement ran through
The patch and Mom came and
Took the children.
"Wild and Wonderful" says the license plate
But then there's these moments of anguish
Where we sit in the union hall or church
Praying for a miracle and wondering why
We allowed our husbands to go underground.
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