Mum

Laying peaceful

in the cot

Mum nearby

humming gently

cosy in our little room

all is well I'm with my Mother

beyond covered windows

a familiar distant wailing starts

A change of pace

I'm picked up and

Down the stairs we go

all is well I'm with my Mother

outside the blackened foggy street

many footsteps hurrying quietly

the wailing louder

as light beams pierce into the sky

distant thunder

all is well I'm with my mother

footsteps quicker

thunder rumbling

We reach the steps

down we go

further further

all is well I'm with my mother

the mass of people

huddled together

not catching trains

earthy thumping

shakes the ground

all is well I'm with my mother

louder thumping

getting louder

The station shaking

People singing making music

as we lay down

all is well I'm with my mother

waking up

People moving

party over

up the stairs

No thunder rumbling

all is well I'm with my mother

Daylight peeping

streets untidy

Firemen hosing

People carried

smashed down houses

all is well I'm with my mother

houses missing

houses burning

Some like dragons

hot orange breath

comes through their windows

all is well I'm with my mother

milkman passes

Cheerfully whistling

past naked houses

nose face down

a dead bus resting

All is well I'm with my mother