News comes music wrapped
\nfrom an air conditioned studio,
\nwhere human pain is analysed
\nby professionals who know.<\/p>\n
Nightly, we are bludgeoned
\nwith humanity’s despair,
\nfrom every corner of the world
\nthe worst is ours to share.<\/p>\n
The quieter the tone used
\nthe bleaker the reality,
\nto keep us calm and safe
\nthey quantify the tragedy.<\/p>\n
We need to break out now
\nfrom violent desperation,
\nand celebrate humanity
\nrising with elation.<\/p>\n
Let’s hear the triumph
\nof people stopping hate,
\nand building up new lives
\nbefore it is too late.<\/p>\n
There’s good news breaking
\nout across the world.
\nNot last item on the show,
\nbut a banner just unfurled.<\/p>\n
People taking to the streets
\nto challenge old brutality,
\nwelcoming a coming age-
\nempathic hospitality.<\/p>\n
Young and old are meeting,
\ndiscovering each other
\nto a music of new life,
\ndrawing us all together.<\/p>\n
Sept. 2020<\/p>\n