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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Relayed in Per Diem

May 31, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

and I leaned upon your shoulder
then laid atop your lap
melted by the oven-like heat of your ambiance
there, you comforted me
like a comforter
my neck no longer craned from pillow less rest
a peace found and shone through like a-
mag lite in the dense dark forests of unfamiliarity
this serenity harbored was a feeling I’ve seldom known
both physical and ethereal
surrealism experienced in your being
I’ve been hugged, held even
but never fully embraced
my heart made stone with etchings of jade
from a life of hardships and the onslaughts of headaches
feeling as if I have been hacked at mercilessly
like the stubborn stump of an age-old tree
with stories that span generations between pain and virtue
sublime the attributes of selfless embodiment
gentle your surface, but you became my shield
although you know my name,
you call me worthy
and my time, worthwhile
what else would need be, if not greed
if I asked for anything more than this…
than you
o’ what it is to dream dreams of acceptance

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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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