Child Of The Future
Dear child of the future...

When you look back into history,
And turn the pages of time,
Think of me, Ravina Ryder,
You may find my picture in a frame,
Or see my name carved on a stone,
You may even read these my words,
And remember me, someone from the 21st centuary.

You don't have to remember me as the lady in red,
Or the lady nursing back life,
or as someone great from the past,
Just remember me as I once was,
On this Earth I roamed
I laughed and I cried
I've been someones lover,someones mistress,
Someones wife,
I made love and gave birth to new life.

In this, my short space in time,
The first shuttle orbitted the moon,
As my first child took his first steps,
In my living room,
I witnessed the beauty of the red sands on mars,
beamed back to our screens,
Visions of new planets beyond my dreams,
Halleys comet showered the sky,
As my sewing machine hummed its own tune
And a total eclipse of the heart and moon.

As a teacher from your past,
I may have taught people from your grandparents time,
to read and write,And I sadly watched on
As the keyboard began to replace the pen,
And children's play turned to computer games,
A mobile in each hand,
I saw their lives change,
But one thing I am sure I told them
Is to stand up for whats right
My small contribution to their life.

Time changed quickly,
And In horror, I watched the Twin Towers fall,
As my life crumbled to the floor,
And we all fought a fruitless war,
While the homeless lay in the streets,
I walked on by,attracted by the glitter of christmas lights,
While the poor and innocent lost their lives,
All symptoms of our greed, hunger and pride.

Sometimes I was weak,
Sometimes strong,I broke the chains
that held back my life
only to find I was a prisoner of time
I gave my heart to those I trusted
Only to find it shattered and in pieces,
Will you learn from my mistakes?
I never did.




Ravina Ryder (2.12.02)

Cruel Man
Your the cruelest man I ever did know,
Not only did u decide to leave and go'
But also make a hurtful show
Of my love for you,
I know now you were not true
Just the cruelest man I know.

Now I know how cruelty begins
From a mere mortal man,
First it starts with love in your hand,
The hand that then in your heart
With a dagger does land,
Now I know you are a cruel man.

In self pity you weep and wollow,
But your soul is so thin and shallow,
You don't feel anothers pain,h
You laugh as you add salt to their wound,
Like the hound to the rabbit
You are the cruelest man I know.

You flaunt your new love again,
So that you can watch the old leap in pain,
Thrills spark inside you
To know you are still in control,
But let me tell you now
No, not now,Not anymore,
Will I suffer from your inflicted pain.

Ravina 12.10.02

My Wish For You

I hope n pray that one day,
You feel the pain I felt
When you went away,

I hope you cry the tears that I shed
I hope you lay curled up on the floor
And feel the hurt from a love before.

I hope and pray that someone makes you whole,
Then in a sweep destroys your soul,
And when you call her name,
You feel the agony and yell in pain,
I hope she promises you undying love
Then leaves you like a wounded dove.

I hope n pray that the day does come,
When your heart bleeds with open scars,
And she'll not wait to help your pain,
Or take away your broken strain
And you'll look to the stars at night,
And think to yourself, I thought our love was right.

I hope n pray that one day,
Your life is left in pain and strife,
And that you have beside you an unfaithful wife,
Who will torment your very life,
Remembering her words of an eternal flame,
Now theres only you yourself to blame.

Maybe then you'll Know the pain,
Love washed away in the stormy rain,
Betrayal in unrelenting hate,
From someone who once claimed to be your mate,
I hope that on that day you understand,
How you tore apart my life!

Ravina

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