Miner's Gold

A gold miner's struggle to find
 the mother lode,
Texas is rumored to have
 more jobs than people
 ready to stand in line for
 them,
damn the heat and humidity for
 a chance to work again.
Texas, of all places, attempts to claim
 us
 with its' largess and the promise of
 a new beginning there
 as if all it took was to
 load the car with our few
 worldly possessions and
 move on.
God knows that I long for fresh
 ground
beneath my feet
 and a chance to be with my family on
 the weekends,
work,
run,
live on with hope.
God knows
 and yet I remain here
 in
the land of make believe.