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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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As a Matter of Black

May 17, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

I don’t expect you to save me
hell
I don’t even expect for you to help me
honestly I expect you to be more in my way
than staying out of it
or even creating a share of a way
but I prefer you to move out of my way
while I am creating my own
and if you choose not to
then do not bemoan and protest my going through you
if I can not get around you
all things do not involve
nor revolve around you
if I need your help, offer it
because I’m done asking
when the problem is plain as day
and if you join me, learn to follow
before you remark on how it is led
your face is what has kept me back
it doesn’t need to be in front in order to get me ahead
just in the masses is good enough
there’s enough conditions placed upon changing my mine
strange the time some choose to speak
is not until I choose to act
weren’t you just quiet anyway?
shhhhh
thank you
you had your time and outlets
it’s mine now

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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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