Steel

steel, pittsburgh haikus #haikurdle

gratitude remains

for ancestors in the mines

working to get out

parents said work hard

parents said be tenacious

parents said go out

values instilled young

tenacity and hard work

pittsburgh steel within

times change. that was then.

the mills are gone, mines are gone.

but what has remained?

I did not, I left

but values are remembered

the sacrifices

gratitude remains

for ancestors in the mines

working to get out