In the Air

Helicopter hovers over Hyde Park 747 cruises beneath the sharp half moon As I saunter past the buzz and hum of Speakers Corner Wrestling with the stiff breeze buzz There’s something in the air tonight The throng at Marble Arch eager and set Hang on every word relayed through the struggling PA Prayers of hope and calls to peaceful disobedience A small child takes the microphone Something she has written today Sweet and hopeful Angry and alive Crescendo triggering a roar of approval Her face taken aback But clearly proud In the bonfire’s glow Some have brought candles in jars LED’s hang from flagpoles And a few bold torches Ablaze and thrust aloft There is rebellion in the air tonight This feels like a moment Something real and pure and strong A pin stuck in a slow revolving globe A force to be breathed in and held A song of hope that could awake the globe There is a determination in the air tonight This moment is the only moment And it is a moment to believe