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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Love

Mastered Pieces

November 26, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

Mastered pieces

Making up a masterpiece..

speaking of,

That hand

her hand

and its surface

that texture

a smoothness coupling a purposeful yet vague roughness

not from labor

but produced from hairs emerging upon her surface

encapsulating her radiant warmth

protecting it from the elements

an element of her own

certainly it must have been crafted within the cosmos that could only hope to marvel at a heaven a heaven

that has a mind and eye for intrinsic value with synchronizing detail

overflowing with designs even more intricate than that of the universe

only a heaven, ripe with divine orchestration could compose such an architecturing of angelic skin

where was I when I first laid eyes upon its color

a mix of colours and the contours!

where did I go, the moment…that moment…thee moment

I placed my own hand atop hers

that fragrance took me to a different plane

it lit a thirst and a wonder like a fiery furnace so deep within and beyond my sense of what’s real

that I soon became high from inhaling its essence smell

became virtue

aura, her aura, became tattoo

ambiance, her ambiance, became a light, however distant or close, but near enough to see a way throughout darkness

encompassing with it a belief in possibility

what did I experience, ecstasy?

drifting into a world of

fantasy

tantalization

serendipity

enchantment

myth and urban legend would envy her story

because her lore

held with it, an addictive romantic fiction

all from her touch

the touching

the feeling

the capturing of her hand

its not that romance is dead

or that it is unreal

but that it is so real and yet it is rarely captured enough to be revered as something to be believed in

so after life long soughts, can only harbor assumptions of it being fantasy all the while its mystery

trailblazes journeys

seeking from it,

what lay unknown yet dreamed about

I can never forget its texture,

the grace of her feel and heat

I never washed her scent from me

I slept as her smell comforted me

breathing in deeply, reinvigorated with every chest inflation

inhaling her essence

made her too real to not dream about

and what I saw, what comforted me and blotted out the darkness of my environment was her hand for there was nothing more I needed to see

because the whole isn’t necessary in understanding the parts

the parts have their own individual attributes perfuming their own identities that only enhance the whole

the parts blaze all on their own

as proof to ‘bits’ of perfection

her hand, a mastered piece

scribing the story of a masterpiece only written in the stars

I’ve laid my eyes upon, listened to, inhaled and even felt the wonder of that story

and the only mystery I have left to my senses, is consuming the taste of her literary better the experience or better the mystery?

I’ll ponder that question for a lifetime

maybe its the unknowing that compliments intrigue

and the knowing that compliments jade

some things you just have to try

wonder versus experience

two concepts within a master’s mind a master tries to mastermind while appraising a mastered piece of a masterpiece

her hand

Filed Under: Love, Mercy, Spirit

What’s a Tree With No Branch

November 25, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

What’s a tree wit no branch?

just reach out

don’t bleed out

let it ink out

I rather u write ur wrongs with me

than write me off swiftly

p.s. I can’t let u go

fucking glue…

Do u love me too?

Or is this too much for you?

Sometimes I struggle

but I love feeling stuck with u.

We can hum the blues or run the rules-

off the road and be ride or die

but without the die

air without u is cyanide

a painful death I would willingly die one thousand times inside y

our eyes spark like dynamite

a tree may sprout out more branches if it keeps in tact with its roots

I don’t know if that’s possible, but we have nothing but time to find our truths.

Filed Under: Culture, Love, Spirit, Trauma

Kiss and Tales

November 23, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

There’s not enough room in the universe for secrets.

If I had my milky way

I’d shoot for the stars

just to kiss you.

Then fall spell bound like a comet

until I’m grounded/

Though if there is no ground for any amount of time

am I falling

or am I flying?!

For what if falling in itself

but a perception.

All a matter of vantage experience and belief I suppose.

Admission is but a validation of an accepted reality

but who cares?

I kissed a star

and fell in love.

Kiss and Tales. 😉

Filed Under: Love, Spirit

Dancing In My Head

November 22, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

May lie in my bed

scrolling thru lies in my head.

Should I deny or confess?

Or try and finesse?

When I reply

because eyeing your texts

is like pie in the sky I try to ingest.

I digress.

My life is a…

I shouldn’t try –

Adding my time to your chest

putting your heart beat under duress.

I rather be wise keeping my ‘why’s’ to my chest.

Suppressed.

Darkening this truth from the light it reflects.

I think I know why we connect.

You’re so much more, yet you know act its like being less.

Suddent truths may produce a rise in our stress.

Surprised how you rise despite

when most would fall to their demise,

from life’s bitter tests.

Purpose is perfect timing at best,

but forget time, to most, it’s just confining I bet.

Therefore, meeting you, I’ll just describe it as blessed.

Here’s to, poetic descriptions.

If, Rose Is your blush, then Violet your dress.

Now may I have this dance as I figure out how to confess.

Filed Under: Culture, Inside, Love, Spirit

Heartly Home

November 21, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

Home is where the heart is.

His is now gentrified.

he now enters his mind

all the time.
All this time

he’s been inside

he’s been Ben inside

Been frank-

with everyone he knows

Been 100.

How he’s been described

he’s been disguised.

Therefore, falsely identified

misinterpretations tint his eyes.

Fires dream to fly.

Fire in his eyes.

Hell bent to rise.

He’s meant to fly.

Despite the size of critics

he defies being defined and criticized.

He doesn’t play the victim.
Athough, his position tends to victimize

Believing he’s too special to be generalized.

Home is where he’ll sympathize.

Heart is what he’ll symbolize.

Filed Under: Culture, Inside, Love, Mercy, Spirit

Freedom is a SHE

May 23, 2019 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

She glistened
with crystal clarity
and glided
like sleet,
at the soles of her feet.
I looked her direction
she looked to me for directions
I shared my perspective
she glared for a second
my tongue swelled like a sponge full of water
I swallowed hard like a desperate throat in the desert
words in my mind splayed like spaghetti-O letters
I tried to connect them
I saw two consonants and one vowel
I panicked, hoping to leave a good impression
before she leaves her shoe print impressions
not being able to offer her more than what she was looking for
“Eyb!” is what I rushed out of my stammering lips
she looked at me,
dumbfounded
I realized my mistake, cleared the white noise in my head
and descrambled the letters and mustered a
“Bye”
but she had already turned
well within her definite gait,
I doubt she heard me as she walked away
but I heard her,
shoes clacking, as she closed the gate
FREEDOM,
she always looks so good up close,
even better farther away.
but she’ll be back…hopefully

Filed Under: Love, Mercy

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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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