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"BRUISED AND FREE"

"NO MORE LIES. NO MORE TIES"

By Vicki Lawana Trusselli Published about a year ago 1 min read
Clown art by AI Microsoft, Photo Art & Song Lyrics by VICKI

The bully of my family

Is gone from my life.

I look around to see you,

But you are nowhere in sight.

You left me bruised and in pain,

And all for your gain,

As the cop said you were laughing

When they took you away.

PHOTO BY AI MICROSOFT

No more hurt.

No more cries.

I am finally free from your lies.

Memories fade like the night.

My heart starts to mend.

Thought I would crumble without you,

But I am finally finding my end.

Now the silence is a song,

It echoes where you do not belong.

There is strength in every scar I see.

Your shadow’s no match for me.

Photo by VICKI

No more hurt. No more cries.

I’m finally free from your lies.

Bruised and broken, I rise.

No more darkness.

No more ties.

Photo by AI Microsoft

COPYRIGHT 2024

WRITTEN BY

VICKI LAWANA TRUSSELLI

AUGUST 2024

I wrote this poem many years ago after a domestic violence breakup of a fallen angelic romance turned into pain and darkness. I found solace in music as I have always done my entire life. I created a song of how I felt after the incident and the partner was out of my life forever. I worked on the music and instruments through SUNO. Copyright 2024

#distroid record label

Full rights to my song and lyrics.

It is just another expression of my feelings using all that musical and voice training I had from age 5 until I was 14 and my years in the music and film industry between LA and Austin.

MUSIC ALWAYS ROCKED MY WORLD.

PEACE OUT!

LIGHT

LOVE

PEACE & UNDERSTANDING

Photo by AI Microsoft Co-pilot

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About the Creator

Vicki Lawana Trusselli

Welcome to My Portal

I am a storyteller. This is where memory meets mysticism, music, multi-media, video, paranormal, rebellion, art, and life.

I nursing, business, & journalism in college. I worked in the film & music industry in LA, CA.

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  • Debbi Lonmonabout a year ago

    Wow love the music ! Do you play the guitar as well. Stunning voice! Great lyrics!

  • Hannah Mooreabout a year ago

    Love this for you.

  • Caitlin Charltonabout a year ago

    Well done for turning something that was painful, scary and devastating into something so tender yet moving.

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