He was trapped down the pit And no lights could he see The roof had caved in And he could Not get free The dust and the rock Had plans for this man They could crush Him to death With the rest of his clan His father before him Had died from the dust And his mother would worry For she had lost all her trust He tried to stay calm But his pain was intense And he wished he was dead For it did not make sense And he lay there for hours His mind drifting away And he prayed They would find him And take him away Up to the Surface And up to the Sky Away from this place Where no one should die Was he in Heaven He could see shapes in white They were Doctors And Nurses A welcoming sight And his Mother was crying Beside his bed She felt relieved For she thought he was dead The pit nearly got him Like some of his clan But he would grow old And be a much wiser man
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