A Coal Miner's Lament
/I am a single heart beating in the middle of hundreds. We beat. And beat. And beat./
/It is never quiet. We never sleep./
/Sometimes I wish I could hear my heart beat./
/To bask in such silence. To feel so sweet./
/To do what I want. To have what I need./
/Maybe if I did not beat. And beat. And beat. -
I could find it in my Heart to speak./