Poems

As well as being a proficient singer/songwriter Jennie also writes poetry

No Longer - audio poem

 

 

Life*

We walk along our paths in life
Not knowing where to go
And all around us pain and strife
Is going with the flow
A battle fought and lost
Before another takes its place
And always at the cost
To more than just the human race
The pain we've caused
And not much time
To put the picture right
And all remains the same
Between the black man and the white
And everybody's looking
Not much further than their nose
With power here
And hunger there
That's how this system grows
It's hard to tell a man
Oh yes you can if you work harder
If at the end of it
He cannot ever fill his larder
And what to those of you
Who cannot make it on your own?
Like with our old
In winters cold
We leave them all alone
With all the victories they have won
GOD Save the Queen you say
Stuck in a home aint too much fun
For the hero's of today
And everybody's waiting for
Somebody else to change
We point the poison finger
At the one we wish to blame
And what is this
And what is that
And where is it we're going
Just look inside your self
For questions answered by the knowing
The common gift that everyone
Was given from above
Has all been long forgotten
But the gift we had was love
And what about the child they found
Lay murdered in the park
And ladies too afraid
To leave their homes when it gets dark
And power telling people
What it is that they must do
When all the people really want to say is
I LOVE YOU
And what about the homeless
Sitting begging in the street
And what about the Africans
With not a bite to eat
And what about the Arabs
And the Persians waging war
Their victims lying dead
Upon a muddy blood stained floor
And what about our trees
No longer fixed within our soil
Yes we have cursed our mother earth
The last thing we should spoil

I Need A Miracle
To get me out of here
I wanna move on out
And turn it up a gear
I wanna try it all
Before the day I die
I wanna spread my
Wings and fly
I wanna be in love
I wanna give it up
I wanna have a word a
With a GOD above
I wanna take my time
Before the end is nigh
I wanna spread my
Wings and fly
I wanna better life
I wanna have a ball
I wanna get my fill
then enjoy it all
I wanna make my wave
Before I hit the grave
Don't wanna regret
One single day
Freedoms
just around the corner
I wanna let you know
I gotta warn ya
Freedoms
just around the corner
I wanna pack my bags
And get away from here

I Wanna
And I said
I wanna be in heaven
For my tea
I gotta get away
I wanna conversation with my lord
I got a lot to say
I wanna call a meeting
With the world
I wanna get it straight
We've had enough of
Living in a world
Of cruelty and hate
And I said
What d'ya think we
Could be doing wrong God
Show us how to put it right
Can't you make another miracle lord?
Happen almost overnight
I wanna find a solution to ease
Everybody's pain
I wanna find a way to live in peace
So we can love again
I wanna move that mountain
Out the way
So that we can see
I wanna live in peace
Upon the earth
Where everybody's free
And I said
What d'ya think we
Could be doing wrong God
Show us how to put it right
Can't you make another miracle lord?
Happen almost overnight
I wanna have my say
In court today
I think I should be heard
I wanna represent the world
And say
I found a cure that works
I wanna new idea
To open up everybody's minds
I gotta feeling
You can help me lord
If you can spare the time
And I said
What d'ya think we
Could be doing wrong God
Show us how to put it right
Can't you make another miracle lord?
Happen almost overnight

*Jennie (Red Jen) reads 'Life' on the CD 'What the Word' Volume 1, Invisible Records 1999.