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Real Paradise

August 6, 2020 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

Within our SPIRITS

Flowing throughout our bodies

Which we can express thru our hearts and minds

Paradise is not in this world

It’s within us

Which we express outwardly to the world

Identifying it as a place

But that place is us

Therefore paradise is where you make it

Where YOU choose

Paradise, like all things, is a matter of perception

Most of our thoughts, customs, wisdoms, morals, values and traditions

Have all been occupied and saturated

Any display of difference is met with indifference and intolerance

If not violence

As if it is a threat against, instead of, an opportunity to coexist with

But outside of what has been determined for you

Is what you have determined for yourself

Despite and against all odds

Even if what is odd, is You

See your Paradise

Embrace your Paradise

Become your Paradise

And then take it with you everywhere

So that peace and freedom may be with you always

Asé

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Prose of a Con

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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