Word of the Day: Tranquil

          Airwaves speak of army tanks, vulture soldiers breaking ranks,

Ruined rivers running red, wolvish autocrats unfed.

Airwaves scream of culture wars, demons clawing through your door,

Peaceful protests, violent ends — neither side will make amends.

Airwaves cry of near collapse, storms of fallen coins perhaps,

Failed banks and loaded guns, all the human race undone.

          Let us breathe in different air, focus on the love we share —

Lungs of kinder circumstance, songs of kinder influence.

Let us lay here, you and I, underneath the cosmic sky,

Harmonising by the sea, melodised tranquility.