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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Wondered

January 24, 2020 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

Twinkle twinkle lonely star

I wonder…

if alone

are you still hot enough

to warm the cold space that surrounds you?

do you affect your environment

or like us mortal,

just consumed by it?

for we only see the luster of your exterior

like each other

aware of your chemistry

we act as if your composition is solely elemental

is their life in you

a destiny

a humanity calling out within your celestial nature,

are you made to shine within a whole

or apart and alone

heating the cold

because you rarely stand out

stars so far from you,

shine and seem so close

ironic..

how it can seem so crowded up there

and its anything but

maybe sad even

seeing so many

but knowing no one

disconnected

aware of what makes you the same

though distance is difference

just like people

those closest shine brightest

but you still wonder about the others out there

do they feel like you..

maybe we’re the same

you and I

never truly alone

though we feel it

finding our way

being stuck in place

and somehow we still stand out

or shine, so to speak

seen for what we offer

a small light

thru the sucking darkness

twinkle twinkle

I no longer wonder

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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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