Wishing everyone a happy New Year. Let's hope 2023 is a great year. For me I'll be glad to be leaving 2022 because I view the year as a failure for me, nothing seemed to come to fruition, the year just dragged out. I felt like I was in a limbo, but I'm hopeful for a better year in 2023. I also wish everyone else great success, happiness, peace and good health in 2023. Happy New Year, we survived another year...
They answered the call
To fight for one & all
They went to far away lands
To fight & protect our homelands.
They answered the call
They left by the hundreds & thousands
But lots never came home
War is bleak, dark & cruel
Millions upon millions died from these wars
Some gassed, some bombed
Some shot, some of malnutrition
But some just died from disease.
There are no winners with war
There is only death & destruction
So many poor young souls perished
They died for us to be free
Freedoms we take for granted
Let us never forget
The brave souls who never got to go home
The ones who lost everything
Including their dreams & goals
May their bravery, their stories
& all their names live on in our hearts & memories
Let us never forget
The brave souls who answered the call.
Nearly all of the main UK tv channels are showing the funeral of the queen. All of the itv channels are only showing the funeral, and both BBC channels are showing the service. Rest in peace to the queen and all the poor people in the world who have died, the ones who weren't born into wealth and privileged, and are not having millions spent on them for their funeral, and to all the people who died alone or felt lonely and won't be having world leaders mourning them. The poorest will have their rewards in the afterlife.
I used to think the press interviews I did were a waste of time, especially with all the hate and abuse I have to deal with, and the hate and abuse have increased with the rise of social media, but as I always say, social media is where all the village idiot's meet 😁 I began to think maybe I should give up, then I read this quote.......'One day your survival story will become part of someone else's survival guide'.
That quote blew my mind, and made me think, maybe I am doing some good? This article is one of my first big features in one of the UK' main national newspapers, 'The Daily Telegraph'. This interview is where I began to talk more openly about the abuse I went through. My story was syndicated (sold) in over 24 different countries, but I wasn't paid a penny, I guess that's why Rupert Murdoch is so rich, he owns the newspaper.
This newspaper feature is over 22 years old, I feel old saying that. This is when I began talking openly about the abuse I went through with bullies and paedophile groups. I was sold from one peadophile to another for 10p, they wanted me to feel worthless. They also told me they'd given me aids and I was going to die! I've believed since I was about 7 that I had aids! They told me if I spoke out about it, they'd get the police to arrest me, and they'd torture me and put me in prison. They even threatened to rape my mother and sisters, and murder my father while he's working in the evenings. They would even dress up as police officers for me to belive their lies.
You'll see from the headline, it says, 'Lisa-Lee's refuge in music'. It's true, music was my refuge, it was my safe space. I sometimes share my music audio with you, some people say kind things, most people are rude, nasty and vicious, and my message to them is, why would your opinion of me, and your lies and jealous hatred be of any interest to me? Where were you when I was getting hurt? You are weak, and you'll never have my courage, to sing or speak openly about horrific things that have happened. I am proud of myself, and I refuse to be anybody's victim. I'm also not a survivor, I don't like that word, it's just being a victim with a different name! I am me, I am Lisa-Lee Dark, or my new spelling, Leesa Lee Dark!
Finally some good news with the warring parties in Yemen agreeing to a two month cease-fire. Hopefully this cease-fire will stay in place and last longer than two months, so the country can begin to rebuild and the people can start to heal.
The poor country of Yemen was at war with an Arab coalition of nine different nations from the Middle East, and parts of Africa, and supported by USA, UK & France. For all the people who attacked me for being anti-war, and highlighting how bad and wrong war is for everyone; and for standing up for peace, this is what we're trying to do. Achieve peace for everyone. We are the ones giving a voice to the voiceless and turning the wider public against war.
To all the people supporting or excusing Russia or Putin, you are the enablers, the bringers of death and destruction. You are anti-peace. Your words and actions helps these wars drag on. You allow the death toll to rise, you allow suffering to continue. Hopefully this cease-fire will become permanent and it will lead to more peace around the world.
[I wrote this to post almost 2 weeks ago]
