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"WE WALK WE TALK WE SEE"

"FLAKEY PEOPLE LIKE LAST YEARS BISCUIT"

By Vicki Lawana Trusselli Published about a year ago 2 min read
VIDEO BY VICKI SONG LYRICS BY VICKI MUSIC SUNO

“We walk, we talk, we see.

We feel, we sing, we play.

We think we see each other.

We have friends, we have no friends.

We have people in our lives who stay.

We have people in our lives who go.

We have people in our lives who are flakey

Like last year’s biscuits, they flake off and then,

They hardened into a pastry without any taste.

The honey they once said they had poured on the pastry is gone.

It is nothing.

We live life, we pray to our creator, we sustain our lives,

Here on Earth.

I pray for understanding and for people to learn to not judge each other and to look at the image in their mirror and to walk a mile in their neighbors’ shoes before they sit and judge and point and laugh.

We are created by our Creator. There are short ones, fat ones, skinny ones, lame ones, cut ones, ugly ones. What is ugly? What is lame? Are not the so called all together ones the lame ones instead of the perfect calling the lame?

Who are we as a people? We are here. Last time I read a book, there were many characters and the last time I checked they were on different pages. Unless I was mistaken that there was another page following the first page. Unless there was a new format for writing books with each character on the same page. We are all unique human beings with many cultures, nationalities, languages, skin pigmentation. We live on Earth together.

So, I will close this letter with explaining to the world to focus, love yourself, respect your elders, do not be co-dependent on a man. I suppose this letter could be for all people, gay, straight, or bi as we all walk, we talk, we romance and live life with the good, the bad, the ugly and in-between of the sane, the insane, and the perfect.

LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF

LEARN THERE ARE MANY CHARACTERS ON DIFFERENT PAGES OF THE BOOK OF LIFE

FOCUS ON YOUR TALENTS AND WELL BEING

THEN YOU CAN LEARN TO FOCUS ON A PARTNER TO LOVE TO BE YOUR BFF FOR LIFE

OR FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER.

CHOOSE A PARTNER THAT YOU HAVE ‘MUCH’ IN COMMON WITH, CAUSE IT IS HARD ENOUGH BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER AS A COUPLE. IF THERE IS NOTHING IN COMMON THE RELATIONSHIP IS PROBABLY DOOMED FROM THE START.

ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN PEOPLE BUT DO NOT LET IT BLIND YOU TO NOT SEE THE RED FLAGS THAT ARE USUALLY STARING YOU IN THE FACE,

GO FOR THE GUSTO. BE KIND, HONEST AND LOVING BUT BE ALERT BECAUSE LIFE IS NOT ALL PEACHES AND CREAM. SOMETIMES ‘LIFE HAPPENS.’

‘LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL’.”

WRITTEN BY

VICKI LAWANA TRUSSELLI

AUGUST 14, 2024

VIDEO BY VICKI

PHOTOS BY VICKI

& AI MICROSOFT CO-PILOT

MUSIC BY SUNO

MUSIC ARRANGEMENT & INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC STYLE BY VICKI

COPYRIGHT 2024

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Vicki Lawana Trusselli

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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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  • Skyler Saundersabout a year ago

    This poem displays the sunniness that can be blinding and hot. It shows that things that are usually named as the good can be a detriment and the opposite. The line, “LEARN THERE ARE MANY CHARACTERS ON DIFFERENT PAGES OF THE BOOK OF LIFE” illustrates the individualism of the reality of living. I will share.

  • Terri Nickelson Williamsabout a year ago

    Your beautiful words inspire me to move forward and look inward. To work hard to stop the bad habits I have and to replace them with positive thinking and acts. Thank you so much!

  • Lamar Wigginsabout a year ago

    Amen to every word!!! Also, I loved this line: LEARN THERE ARE MANY CHARACTERS ON DIFFERENT PAGES OF THE BOOK OF LIFE- Yes! And it's not changing any time soon or ever. Well done, Vicki!

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