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Blind Love

December 6, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

You been chasing blind love with an anchor on your ankle

and a black eye from its failed attempts because you never learned, yet still you’re full of child

like hope…I swear I believe in it like you do

that’s why I take inventory of every bit of pain I’ve experienced on my quest to possess it in every lasting way possible, tho I am unsure of how to accomplish that

at least I learn, not to turn away but to find another way, because going the same way always ends with me losing my way

a gluten for abuse it seems, chasing love comes off a little masochistic huh

but like a wild kid learning with every experience, I’ll take these black eyes with pride and a smile, full of scrapes and scuffs, I may cry but I’ll get back up and do it all over again

because I get more than I lose, so what’s a bruise or two but a few clues for a new route

I’ll never let you down, never forget you or leave you alone and I’ll always chase you

until you’re mine, besides we’re made for each other

blind love.

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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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