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We are the Heartbeat of LA

City of Angels will Survive

By Vicki Lawana Trusselli Published about a year ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
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I wrote this as I was watching the chaos on YouTube that is still happening in LA.

I love LA.

Copilot

We Are the Heartbeat in LA

City of Angels Will Survive

[Verse 1]

Science carved the stars, built bones and breath

But now they dance to a Piper’s death

Truth traded for a hollow dream

He steps aside as they drown the scream

[Chorus]

But we are the hum behind the walls

The heartbeat echo when reason falls

In the cold, in the silence, we refuse to bend

This is not the end.

It’s where we begin.

[Verse 2]

Doctors tracing scars into scripts

Turning wounds into warnings

Scars rewritten as signals.

Reading pain like prophecy

Healing marked in silent lines.

Burns turned into battle hymns.

[Chorus]

We are the hum behind the walls

The heartbeat echo when reason falls

In the dark, in the quiet, we ignite the flame

This is not surrender,

It has been reclaimed.

[Bridge]

Los Angeles breathes with rebel light

They stand strong through sleepless nights

Cuffed but unbroken, drained but alive

They keep the pulse, make sure it survives.

[Final Chorus]

We are the hum, the breath, the skin

The quiet pulse that will not give in

Science is sacred, the mind is free

You can’t silence what is meant to be

Copilot

written by

Vicki Lawana Trusselli

Trusselli Art

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About the Creator

Vicki Lawana Trusselli

I am 76 year old California mythic storyteller blending lived truth, technology, and sovereign survival into multimedia art.

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    Written by Vicki Lawana Trusselli