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Melodic Verse: Incredulous

July 1, 2021 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

how can you want more for me than I want for myself?
that doesn’t make sense

how can you see me suffer and don’t offer no help?
that doesn’t make sense

how can you have the answer but send me somewhere else?
that doesn’t make sense

how can you know me but not wanna know how I feel?
that doesn’t make sense

how can you love me but not wanna feel what I feel?
that doesn’t make sense

blah blah blah blah…
stop making no sense

I seen my mama been suffering
I seen a lot that’s been troubling
I speak my truth and that’s troublesome
I ran a lot but was stumbling
I fell a lot it was humbling
there is a lot that I underwent
there is a lot that I’m up against
I had to break all the cuffs I’m in
I had to cut my circumference
’cause everything company coming with
lessen the strongholds I struggle with
only need one time to learn, I don’t double dip
balance extremes with the subtleties
yaw can’t rebuttal me
I do not need any fucking wit
I take the slights til they’re too much to stomach them
but vomit is humbling

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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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