Locked Away

Sometimes you have to see things from a different viewpoint.

Locked Away

You are locked in your prison
In the dark and the cold
Millennia pass by but
You never grow old

Your power ne'er fades
It's just locked away
You wait and you wait
For your liberty day

Above you the humans
Discover the flame
That ignites their fires
And changes the game

First they used wood
But then they found
Shining black diamonds
Just lying around

That burnt with such heat
So they dug down
To reach for more treasure
Found under the ground

Yet deeper they went
Extracting the coal
Millions of tons
Brought from that black hole

You feel the vibrations
As they hack and they claw
You wait for a crack
Just one tiny flaw

You begin your escape
Silent at first
Invisible, hissing
Trying to burst

To open the hole
So you can be free
You spread on the ceiling
Until you can see

A flickering light
By which the men hew
You edge ever closer
To see what they do

Then you meet the light
The life giving fire
Not understanding
What will transpire

As your energy's freed
Into a great burst
Of heat and light power
So quickly dispersed

They had not a chance
Those desperate men
You couldn't be seen
They didn't know when

You would come calling
The dangerous cousin
Of their friend the coal;
Men killed by the dozen

And now you are gone
But the lads from the mine
Are trapped in the rock
Locked away for all time

(c) Tim Fellows 2017