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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Nature/Natural/Neutral

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

life already has a philosophy
we don’t need yours!

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Talking to Me

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

knowledge seeks company
understanding has its dark alleys
and wisdom is all but alone

I slow seeking belief of others
it is blind company
I nurture my own sight

they may not conceive my visions
consumed by their own perceptions

be resolved in your own experiences
as it is mind which perceives
and heart that conceives
experience is temporally, inclusive
in that consciously, it is exclusive

if belief presumes
then, believing creates
not all will believe like you
and you may appear crazy
but craziness is no less true
than senses depicting what’s real

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Plant Kingdom

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

if seeds spoke,
they’d say to earth…

open up
and offer me room
I will not only show you life
but give it
I will die and be reborn
the cycle of life revealed in me
you will carry nurture and sustain me
until the universe demands my arrival
and upon my apotheosis
we shall establish a world together
built from the kingdom of our heart’s desires

Filed Under: Love, Spirit

The Things We Tell Ourselves We Feel

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

can you ever fall out
if you never truly grasped the concept
to fall in?

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Stolen Identity

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

darkness is misunderstood
it was the first light
that which only knew unity.
and the light thereafter
was for the blind
those who only understood separation.

Filed Under: Mercy, Spirit, Trauma

Model Set Forth

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

what I know
is based on the example which I live
how I live is proof of what I understand
my degree and opinion state nothing bias
I know nothing
but I’m learning wisdom

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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