A Song for Jennifer (48)

A Song for Jennifer (48)

1

How could I fail to recognise

The good in someone else

Sadly I failed ingloriously

In sight of her old house

At No 30 Bolton Road

In Harrow if you must

Yes I let down Jennifer

Much to my great disgust

Jennifer, sweet Jennifer

A pale fire in the sky

I bask in your forgiveness

For the day I made you cry

With words bound together

And wound up like a spring

With smiles from my sister

As she handed me a sling

Jennifer my darling; let us put away my sins

For being such an idiot; or so this song begins

Yet a lyric late arriving cannot right an old wrong

Any more than a bright nova will flare for very long

2

How could I fail to recognise

Such delicacy and charm

I really was a stupid fool

To ever wish her harm

A travesty of justice

With malice close at hand

Cultivated by the duchess

From Alice in Wonderland

Jennifer, sweet Jennifer

A pale fire in the sky

I bask in your forgiveness

For the day I made you cry

With words bound together

And wound up like a spring

With smiles from my sister

As she handed me a sling

Jennifer my darling, wherever you may be

You are the lovely lady that I really long to see

A treasure once created can ignore the final chime

With your beauty ever lasting in defiance of cruel time

3

How could I fail to recognise

The warmth within her eyes

In life we often get it wrong

To no one’s great surprise

Perhaps love is a mystery

Or is hard to comprehend

But not for loyal Jennifer

Ever faithful to a friend

Jennifer, sweet Jennifer

A pale fire in the sky

I bask in your forgiveness

For the day I made you cry

With words bound together

And wound up like a spring

With smiles from my sister

As she handed me a sling

Jennifer my darling, the past is just a stone

That once it is forsaken, for sin cannot atone

But the future is a diamond or a star yet to shine

For a ring to be moulded or a journey that’s divine

4

How could I fail to recognise

How good she was to me

So trusting and so loving

Qualities we love to see

Leaven made in heaven

Is a gift that’s hard to find

If you dismiss the Aladdin

And the bulk of humankind

Jennifer, sweet Jennifer

A pale fire in the sky

I bask in your forgiveness

For the day I made you cry

With words bound together

And wound up like a spring

With smiles from my sister

As she handed me a sling

Jennifer my darling, I believe in Wonderland

You will not be unhappy if I reach for your hand

Will we be as little children or adults old and wise?

With a garland freshly watered with tears from your eyes

How wonderful such beauty in this universe survives

Amongst the many treasures that exist in paradise

Farewell my beloved; when we finally meet again

I am hoping for a party to occur in God’s domain

The End

© Frankie Espirit