Naomi Flanagan’s song was written in support of the #MillionsMissing protests that are happening globally in 2016 to demand more awareness of and research funding for the condition ME\/CFS.<\/p>\n
Jenny was a painter<\/a>\u00a0 [4 mins]<\/p>\n Jenny was a painter And she loved how they would blossom But the things that shine the brightest are the ones that are cut down There are millions that are missing She rallies from her bedroom She had fallen so much younger, There are children that she wanted The ones who have the power they just wouldn’t change their minds There are millions that are missing Oh this life can be so frail There are millions that are missing Naomi Flanagan’s song was written in support of the #MillionsMissing protests that are happening globally in 2016 to demand more awareness of and research funding for the condition ME\/CFS. Jenny was a painter\u00a0 [4 mins] Jenny was a painter Her … Continue reading
\nHer canvases described
\nFlowers found in nature
\nDefying odds just to survive<\/p>\n
\nIn the harshest of terrain
\nMesmerising colours in the face of snow and rain.<\/p>\n
\nHer body just as fragile as the orchids that she found
\nNo shelter could be summoned from the ones who don’t believe
\nThey chipped away at her dignity<\/p>\n
\nAre millions who are chained
\nAnd they’ve never stopped believing
\nThat their lives can be reclaimed
\nThey have trained to be survivors
\nThey walk a path of stone
\nWorn out and alone<\/p>\n
\nShe’s a warrior online
\nShe’s not fighting for herself but for her sister Caroline<\/p>\n
\nYet to taste the fruits of life
\nNow she’s lost her voice
\nTo take the mantle in this fight<\/p>\n
\nThere’s a job she’ll never do
\nAnd sadder yet is that she’s been forgotten but for a few<\/p>\n
\nAbandoned on the sidelines<\/p>\n
\nAre millions who are chained
\nAnd they’ve never stopped believing
\nthat their lives can be reclaimed
\nBut they can’t be left to flounder
\nThis truth won’t be outrun
\nThere’s work here to be done<\/p>\n
\nThose words til now have failed us
\nWhat’ll you do<\/p>\n
\nAre millions who are chained
\nThere’s a growing sense of urgency
\nThat something must be changed
\nIf we face this thing together
\nPut our bodies on the line,
\nIf not now, when’s the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"