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Truth.IN.Dare

November 28, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

truth or dare?

what it feels like

when your heart is the subject

and facing a person that you want by your side watching the sunset

what it feels like?

is truth or dare

when your gut gets so upset

since you see with your mind, your heart is an issue, you havent found the one yet

love is no game

but love is a choice

truth or dare suddenly sounds like your voice

and you were so sure

that you could pick both

but you were obscured

by what we want the most

see,

no one likes feeling alone

because,

who do we talk with, ourselves or our ghosts?

you know,

dating a lot is just trying to cope

likened to trying to keep warm, now you’re trying on coats y

ou ask how you look because you are dying to know

you look like forever, don’t try on now more

but what if it gets worn..?

what if it gets torn..?

what if the wind breaks thru..?

what if you start to get cold..?

then, what if you get a cold..?

sick of each other defiance-

holding up your chin,

sniff your runny nose, suddenly sick of your coat

that coat is your lover,

no!

you don’t make it to sunday

before you two split

because you both go bananas

then you hit the road

this isn’t how you planned it

doubt settles in, is that one in a million here on this planet?!

now you become manic!

here comes the panic!

because this one felt different

the view was romantic

but you hit rock bottom,

a sunken titanic

pulled down by the weight of your heart because it is so gigantic

the bigger the surface, the deeper the wound so the more room for cancer

love,

truth and dare?

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Prose of a Con is a collection of Russell Wardlow’s prose and poetry written entirely behind bars. Through writings on family, spirituality, freedom, love, justice, redemption, and vulnerability, Russell seeks to show the humanity and hope of individuals like himself who are incarcerated.

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