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Featuring Poems from | Life In Technicolor Vol. 3 PEACE by Tunisia Jolyn

they
i forgot how this life thing works
i’ve been too busy living for them
the ones that say you’re doing big things
when your face is plastered on papers
the ones that say you’re at the top
when you’re name is plastered to no. 1
the ones that say you’re accomplished
when your home is the biggest of them all
oh no wonder I’ve been in a constant fall
i was mentally set up to fail
having amnesia of who I am
gave credence for them to work me
but today, I sent my resignation papers
ready to go to my 24/7 job
where life can finally make a living

I = We
I am greater than the sum of two parts
for peace resides in the acceptance of the heart
no matter how battered and bruised my beat may be
the unconditional rhythm will trump any ideology
because I am the only one creating life like this since birth
playing the drum in my own continuum on Earth

LITERATI PROFILE
Tunisia Jolyn, is a writer and poet,
born and raised in Philadelphia.
In 2012, the eclectic naturalista selfpublished her first book of poetry:
Narcissism, Notes & Niceties on her
website, The Jolyn Project.
This year the author published three
poetry e-books: in the life in
technicolor series—vol. 1: love, vol. 2:
war and vol. 3: peace.
Read a free preview of the writer’s
literary gift to the masses and
purchase the series in its entirety via:

“The curls that lay on
my head are an
expression of my quirky
personality and my love
of my natural self.”
- Tunisia Jolyn

http://www.thejolynproject.com/store