Coalfield Regeneration

Coalfiled Regeneration
The wash of rain with fluorescent eyes
winks as the earth seals its soul.

great clods spring to life briefly;
stirred by the footfall of future
generations.

here is the energy,
unhindered by tackling men
and their machines?
it's the remains
of a life rejected
as unhelpful.
Redundant.

Railed and passed by
involuntarily
as the micro chip
tempts a New Jerusalem.

Bide awhile,
here is the life of this place.
A spoil of riches
left to seed itself
on the wind.