ODE TO THE MOTHER LODE
For years, just chipping away in the dark
And lit by just a modest lamp at my side
At first, the prospects were really quite stark
Alone and in winter, I sat down here and cried
But then there was something that pushed me on
A tiny glint of gold I knew was there
I’ll soon be rich, and now no longer a hope
Despair has now gone
Was this the mother lode of which I am aware
My emotions always were a slippery slope
Ah, now I have at last exposed the seam
It glitters, despite how crushed it is by rock
To find it after so much time, my dream
Yet even now it proved to be a shock
A scrape or two and then it will be mine
The search for gold was ever a life mission
A recompense for all these years below
Perhaps it is a sign
To realise the cash with no contrition
And in the sun to see that golden glow