Buried Talents

I was left this plot of land,

The only to ever be mine.

To farm couldn't sate me,

So I dug deeper to mine.

I upturned all the land,

Made it into a waste,

Till not a blade of grass

Stuck out from the debris.

However thoroughly I sifted,

I found no precious ores.

Perhaps there are none here,

But I am stuck now where I am.

Come so far I carried on:

One find makes it worthwhile.

But I cut ever deeper to my core,

Until I opened hell to heaven.

I hadn’t seen such bright luster,

Since I last walked under the sun.

Now I'll get what I wished for,
A light to replace the sun's.