Michael M. Barrick

As I Look and Listen

A bulldozer abandoned on the Blue Knob Mountaintop Removal site (Strip Mine) in Greenbrier County, W.Va. demonstrates the regard the coal industry has for the land and the people it sustains. Photo credit: Michael M. Barrick

As I look at all

that I see;

As I listen to all that I hear,

I despair.

It is time to wipe

away the tears

And lift up prayers.

© Michael Barrick, 2023.