Alone forever is what she fears
Her face stained by red streaked tears.
Born in time when birth was sin
Abandoned by death again and again
Haunted by memories of the past
So long ago were these shadows cast
Dimmed by time’s eternal mist
Mortal wounds too many to list.
At first too young to understand
Her forced sacrifice to the land
But not accepted by the gods
And with her tribe was set at odds
From this rape was born a child
A little girl, ugly but mild
They lived in peace for many years
But they were found; what she most feared
Two women subject to gruesome slaughter
Thus she mourned her first daughter.
Then mad with grief did she wander
To and fro, here and yonder
She was killed and didn’t care
She came to know what was despair
Her sanity returned in time
In the arms of a hunter fine
He loved her youthfulness of face
And asked her many times of her race
But of this she couldn’t say
For all of them had passed away
Their language dead but spoken still
By a woman that cannot be killed.
Their descendents with willful pride
Founded a nation strong and wise
Her many sons by her fine hunter
Built great cities full of wonder
She observed through its formation
The forgotten mother of this great nation
And watched it crumble with chagrin
For it had rotted from within.
The world moved on but she stays the same
Nothing changes but her name
It becomes harder to disappear
And come back again without the fear
Of someone finding out what she is
And bringing attention she can’t forgive
As this is what had come to pass
She fell in love and gave at last
Her history to a smart fellow
Quiet, loving, kind and mellow
Who unraveled the reasons below
Her bloody tears and sought to know
With the knowledge that he did find
In what way to best serve mankind.
A man with no children of his own,
He made of her, seed to be grown
With the knowledge from her core
He gave them life and so much more.
Twin boys she bore 5 yrs apart
And then a daughter, to mend her heart.
A mother watches her children grow
But is alarmed because it’s too slow
But he takes her by the hand
And tells her that it’s all been planned
They will go to the best of schools
And be taught how to rule.
So she accepts her children’s leaving
Tries not to give in to hopeless grieving
She focuses on current events
The colonization and how it went.
And what happened when some returned
She sees her children, and is very concerned
While being trained to lead others
They have forgotten she is their mother.
Upon their return to planet Earth
They bring war to their place of birth
She finds that her husband dear
Has betrayed her out of fear
He explains what he has done
And she forgives out of love
Her little ones were up in space
To the benefit of the human race
The end result of such a war
The loss of life and so much more
She went out to find her kin
And never saw her husband again
He was killed in all the bombing
And once again she was filled with longing
For the death so long denied.
So many eons she had tried
To live like others of her race
Only to be slapped in the face
By time and circumstance.
She then took the chance
To fade into obscurity
Known only by the name, Ruby.
So much lived and so much lost
Surely too dear is this cost
For one soul to pay for life
When all she wants to do is die?
For many years she stays in seclusion
Warded against all intrusion
Feeling sorry for herself
She puts emotion on a shelf
But it creeps back into her mind
And one day she does find
Each thing struggles to keep its life
Though she is cursed, unable to die
She will rejoice with each sunrise
For she can walk underneath the light
Unlike the creatures of the night.
They come to her for sustenance
For they can drink without recompense.
For centuries the legend grows
Many have heard but very few know
But eventually it reaches ears
That vaguely remember rubied tears.
And a voice that soothed all hurt
Of a little boy when he was smeared with dirt
The words spoken that only they understood
From a tribe far to the north in ancient woods….
