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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Mercy

Cut Outs

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment


there are many pieces
can you see the ones needing to be brought back together?

Filed Under: Culture, Mercy, Trauma

Destitute Diatribes

May 1, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

I dare not ask
why my turmoil exists
for it is I
whom questions the unquestioned
and it is I
whom ponders opposites
and illusions of irreconcilable differences
when I know if but one thing
creation is the coming forth
of perfected relationships
and what appears separate
to what doesn’t appear at all
it transcends feelings of contrast
with complimentary thoughts
manifesting the harmony

dare I not express
that which troubles me so
so expression may grant me reprieve
just as it grants creation
I bemoan and grieve
what most are too idle and ignorant to perceive
knowing even in apathy and lethargy
a world is conceived
and I am the handler of worlds
unwittingly to those too lost in their own

so it seems that I seek not answers
but only acknowledgment
that you have none
and the silent understanding
of how lonely knowledge must be
navigating the eery quiet of wise discernment
absorbing its poignant vibrations

and if I shall supplement my worries
seeking anecdotes for query spawn of me
they may lack in reason
reflecting primal urges projected
from solutions sought without courage
offering shadows of delight
ripe for trickery
in seeking meaning outside oneself
for I will be just as unfulfilled
as first ponder
no matter immediacy’s relief

oh the senses deceive me so
being satiated by the noise of affirmation
with favorable answers spoken
reverberating hollow understanding
leaving me to hunger and thirst once more

therefore I say,
the greatest love one can offer me
if resolution is unknown
would be ears
allowing silence its moonlit majesty
for it is I whom knows
hearing to be deciphered through the heart
as the other senses travel the ravines and valleys of mind

so heart speak to me
for the tongue of man
can not settle your trembles
only thine own ear
I spare my own discomfort
in that I purge
so that my heart may hear me
and I can be so courageous to quiet myself
that I may hear my heart

Filed Under: Love, Mercy

Poor Choice, Poor Condition

April 25, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

to all who have ears to listen
and eyes to bear witness
sometimes poor is a choice
sometimes poor is a condition

this is how the poor escapes being impoverished

up your consciousness
not your superficial followers
look beyond the obvious
and reap intuitive providence
understand the temporal veil
natural law and each cause and consequence
transcend western oppressive doctrines
and the temptation of cerebral dominance
rising to the knowing of the Intelligence-of-the-Heart
to realize your promise and prominence

this is how the poor escapes being impoverished

Filed Under: Culture, Mercy, Spirit, Trauma

Note to Self

April 22, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

And I look to the Sun-
Magnificent Manifestor-
for it is You
whom unconditionally gives life
to the things of earth-
my body.

And Mother Moon-
Natural and Wondrous Nurturer-
it is You
whom unconditionally loves and sustains
the things of earth-
my body.

Contemplating the Heredity
and Inheritance of All
To know You
Is to Remember who I Am

And with each blink
I experience both Sun and Moon-
night and day-
as well as
life death resurrection

Life,
is always the last one standing

Filed Under: Mercy, Spirit

Prodigal Apology

April 11, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

Dear Father
I’m sorry
for you know my heart
where the full extent of this is written
and known in the land that loves silence
from which it came
born from my Mother
where I will one day return
I commune with you there
yet seldom bring you back with me when I leave
and this is why I grieve

Filed Under: Love, Mercy, Trauma

Phenomenons of Thought

April 5, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

there is no phenomena
in cause and effect
it is mere natural law
a phenomenon of its own design
what then is phenomenal
is the idea preceding both
to rave about the form
is to lose the primal substance
making “divine presence,”
mundane and monotonous…
a gross sin,
of error and blindness
all of its own

so take heed
to the seed
that which is thought
will be

Filed Under: Mercy, Spirit

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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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