Poetry
The Driller
The old Driller puffed on his brier root pipe,
His weary limbs felt that fall was surely ripe.
The golden, prarie sunset dropped into the river,
September caught October, winds make him shiver.
The red fox crept down to the pond,
But the ducks and geese were almost gone.
Leaves were bright yellow green red and brown,
Sun rays flashed thru the clouds to the ground.
Mountains and purple black canyons deep and still,
Orange red sunset flames shot around his drill.
Scrub pine looked like a hundred grazing buffalo,
A prayer offered the drillers mind does home go.
Frozen ground and hard rock dulled his bit,
Slips faults and cracks gave the driller a fit.
Hiss of air and roar of diesel engine,
Grinding cutting thru layers of historic legend.
Darkness came to the drillship with tower so tall,
Appearing disappearing shadows on the quarry wall.
It's blowing limestone dust like a thick fog,
Drilled down another fifty made entry in the log.
Lights were yellow eyes piercing into the night,
Driving the darkness back into reluctant flight.
Driller imagines himself the captain of a ship,
Floating on waves of limestone on an ocean trip.
Grinding thru production rock with metal tooth,
His mind struggles past confusion to the truth.
Down bit and stem your energy from diesel and oil,
Apostle Paul's words are faith energy for my toil.
In the morning against a turquoise painted sky,
The driller saw his red flag waving way up high.
Reminding him the blood of Jesus pays for his sin, Salvation settled thru faith victory he can win.
D
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What a mind picture you painted. Wonderful. Deb
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