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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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The Question

June 4, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

here, is a choice
now hear the choice.

“this,
or,
that?”

but there is no choice, only pretense
and an option given to you within its confines
the choice has already been made for me
you just have to accept which choice you’d like to be made
and what freedom
or choice
you’ve negated,
or defaulted from even understanding it enough
for true decisions and discernment
to be given the light of day
the choice is an illusion
the actual choice is a mask,
disguising a question
the question is,

“do you identify with the illusion of separation
or not”

because no choice can be made completely independent of the other
so the thought process is on display
and a statistic is able to be made
your inclination able to be predicted
because you never chose
nor do you ever choose
you have a lifelong history
of succumbing
unbeknownst to you of course
for a lie can not survive
without the illusion giving it cover

the question is really a litany of queries
do you adhere to impositions more than freedoms
do you negate reason
can you make your own decisions
are you able to see more than what’s presented
can you think for yourself
can you ask why?

but if you believe in things being separate and not equal
nor interrelated
and interdependent
as all things having
a mutually beneficial correspondence to one another
you will always be duped
and miss the point
because the base has evaded your senses
and in each moment
has become a sensual prison
you call existence and live in

do you know all the dynamics of what is being asked
or proposed here?
are you willing to put in work and research for yourself?
if not…
that’s what I thought
because you were taught to think that way
and so the cycle continues

onto the next question…???

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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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