Thicker Than Water

At the end, I didn't really comprehend
 That I was saying goodbye
 For the last time to all my friends and family
 My only thought was flight from the mines
 When it hits me, I've already
 Crossed the border into higher country
 Thunder and hail
 Sheltered in a burned-out van
 I whisper a lullaby
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 I press on
 Keeping abreast of the dual-carriageway
 Over fields asway with phantoms of wheat
 It's been days now, and I haven't seen a single living
 Creature besides a pair of sparring magpies
 Going under ochre arches
 Once the rumbling arteries of a great city
 To-and-fro-ing people in their droves
 Above bright streets now desolate capillaries of stone
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 Their laughter resounds from the shells of
 Every shop, every pub, every school, every home
 Within weeks I manage to find the building where
 Mum and dad's earthen vessels are lain
 And the dog's, and my own
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 With my bare fist I smash the screens
 Pull their drips out and fling away their goggles
 I am in bits
 Half expecting them to wake
 But nothing changes
 I'll just have to find another way to reach them