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"CONFUSIONS OF REALITIES"

"PEACE, LOVE, LIGHT"

By Vicki Lawana Trusselli Published about a year ago 1 min read
VIDEO COPYRIGHT TRUSSELLI ART 2024

I LOOK AT THE NEWS

I LOOK AT THE CONFUSION

OF REALITIES

OF THE BLUES OF THE NEWS

PEOPLE HATE, THROW SLURS

OF THEIR BLURS

OF SOCIETY

OF WOES

OF LIES

OF MASS PROPORTIONS OF GOSSIP

OF TERROR

OF WARS

OF THE DARK SIDE OF HUMANITY

AS I GET MY BOW AND ARROW

READY

BUT WAIT IT IS NOT VIOLENCE I WANT TO TIE

INTO THEIR HATE

AND DEBATE

OF PRIDE AND OTHER SIDES

OF POINT OF VIEW

THIS IS MY CUE

TO SPREAD LOVE

PEACE

FREEDOM BEYOND BORDERS OF FENCES AND HATE

TO SPREAD LOVE AND PEACE NOT HATE

SO, I WRITE ABOUT THE THOUGHTS OF MY BRAIN

TRYING TO KEEP SANE

KNOWING THAT LIFE IS WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT WAS

CAUSE

I LOVE FREEDOM

I LOVE DEMOCRACY OF CHOICES

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM THEY SAY IS

BOMBS AND MOB BOSSES

BUT OF ME AND YOU AND ALL

AS I RECALL

TO LIVE AND LET LIVE

I TURN OFF THE NEWS

OF THE BLUES

OF WAR

OF HATE

AND THE BAIT

TONIGHT

IS OUT OF SIGHT

LET’S ROCK TONIGHT.

I LOOK AT THE SONG

I LOOK AT THE VERSE

WHAT COULD BE WORSE

THEN NOT TO BELONG

TO A HATE GROUP OF SORTS?

ACTUALLY, BELIEVING ONE IS SUPERIOR TO TWO

SO, WE LEAVE IT TO THE COURTS

OF PETTY LIES OF DESPAIR

FROM THE CRIMINALS OF TIME AND SPACE

DO I CARE?

I CHOOSE LOVE AND PEACE

TO HUMANITY OF A SORT OF ALL PEOPLE

WE LEASE

THE EARTH.

FOR WHAT ITS WORTH

WE ARE ALL UNIQUE SOULS

OF LIFE, BIRTH, AND DEATH

AROUND THE GLOBE

OF THIS EARTH

FOR WHAT ITS WORTH

OF HUMANITY

OF THE LIGHT

NOT THE DARK

IN THE NIGHT

WE BRING THE LIGHT

LET’S LOVE

HUG

AND NOT TUG

ON EACH OTHERS’ SOULS

OF OLD

PEACE LOVE AND LIGHT

PROMO CARD BY VICKI & SUNO

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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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  • Tiffany Gordonabout a year ago

    Well said!!

  • Pauline Fountainabout a year ago

    ‘THIS IS MY CUE TO SPREAD LOVE PEACE FREEDOM BEYOND BORDERS OF FENCES AND HATE I read your poem find a kindred spirit with URGENCY. Then to your performance! WOW! Thank you Pauline 🌸

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Nicely said!

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