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just a moment

June 11, 2020 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

I’m depressed right now,
oh well, nana booboo!
its only temporary after all, and it has purpose!
don’t try to label it beyond what it is
and tell me how long it should last
that’s all a matter of conjecture
or my personal choice and preference
and it momentarily suits the occasion
though you prefer me diagnosed
I am my own cure!
eh mhm,
I am One wholed part, R.U.S.S.
Resilient Under Stressful Situations
depressed isn’t my title
it’s just my moment!
a choice I made
a losing of self to which we’re all entitled
it has purpose
it allows me to experience something that would relate to someone who needed the kinship and company
or may need it
not some doctor that needed the validation of degree and expertise
or a hypocrite that needed the opportunity to judge just to mirage their own insufficiency
familiarity is comfort
I embrace what I go thru
how can you help, remedy, and assist in my liberation from a condition, that which you have yet experienced
or may have involuntarily caused due to your inaction
and lack of genuine care
I may or may not be depressed again
its just a feeling,
we all feel…I assume
but once you’re strong enough-
like I’ve become,
you realize it’s all really just a choice,
so regardless of what the feeling is
I’ll embrace it boldly
and be all the better on the other side
I’m not afraid to feel weak
it’s a moment
and once it has passed
I’ll live strong
so get those fucking doctors
medications and labels the fuck away from me!
I said I’m good!
believe me the first time

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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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