THE PRICE OF COAL

  THE PRICE OF COAL          BY TIM WILLIAMS  AUGUST 2014

A SON AND BROTHER DIED IN THE COAL FIELDS OF WALES,
HE FELL HEADLONG DOWN WYNDHAM PIT,
HOW IT DID NOT SAY ON HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE.
HE WAS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER,
HIS BROTHER SICKENED BY WHAT HAD HAPPENED
TOOK ACTION AND UPROOTED HIS FAMILY FROM WALES
AND HIS SONS FROM MINING AND WENT TO FIND A
BETTER LIFE IN THE PROMISED LAND OF UTAH U.S.A ,
SO FAR AWAY THEY SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL DOCKS,
THEY WENT BY WAGON TRAIN ACROSS AMERICA'S WIDE
OPEN COUNTRY.
THEY DIED IN THE COAL MINE'S OF UTAH ....
A FUTILE EXPEDITION.
AND I UNKNOWINGLY MANY YEARS LATER
PLAYED FOOTBALL ON TOP OF THE FILLED IN PIT-HEAD,
NOW WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW AND WHERE MY
GREAT GRANDFATHER DIED. I FEEL A LITTLE LIKE I DANCED ON HIS GRAVE.
KNOWLEDGE CAN BE A STRANGE AND SOMETIMES HEAVY BURDEN .
SO HOW MUCH THE PRICE OF COAL ?.