Escape.

Run for your lives, children,
Run as fast as you possibly can,
Look not away from the horizon,
Just run, children, run.

Do not stop to catch your breath,
Lest they shall catch up with you,
With your burning lungs and aching heels,
Just run, children, run.

Think not of the whips they wield,
Nor of the chains that held you,
Leaving behind the demons of your mind,
Just run, children, run.

Run, for there awaits you a better life,
Bereft of the torments of this day,
Toward the fresh start that you've been dreaming of,
Just run, children, run.

Do not let fear win you over,
For helpless you shall be if you do,
Do not think, do not yield,
Just run, children, run.

With every passing mile beneath your feet,
And every flutter of your beating heart,
For a life that will surpass your most beatific dream,
Just run, children, run.