Ending Song Nine

I opened my eyes
To a cloud in the distance
I saw the fire
I choked on the smoke

I saw the demise
Of a life just as I knew it
Like a sunrise, a sunset
Never to be seen again

My mother told me
They promised this was good
She told me this was a lie
That she never understood

"Run," she told me, "Run
As fast as fear will take you
Go, put on your mask
Go, and don't you dare look back
You'll grow up too fast
You'll grow to resent me
But if it means you live another day
Then run, child of war."

So I ran
So I ran
So I ran until my tears grew cold