Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow
1 minute we fight, 1 minute we love
1 minute we hug, 1 minute we shove
1 minute we talk, next minute a fit
A whole minute we kiss
Next minute full of some venom we spit
It’s back and forth, but I put you first
Yet you wear your heart on your sleeveless shirt
So I’ll leave you first, instead of leavin’ hurt.
Addic-tions
Prescrip-tions
Afflic-tions
Convic-tions
Constric-tions
Conflicted Deci-sions
Ten-sion
Drifted vi-sion
Commitment is prison
Content with colli-sions.
I crave the pain in watching you,
walk away-
You’re timeless in your value,
I’ve easily forgotten the day-
Once your silhouette dissipates,
I’m back to reality-
Deprived the cure of this cancerous place,
Walking back into a world of maladies-
Friend, family or women,
But those hours in your company, you become everything in that visit-
Stay for a while
The leave for the time being-
So my memory can paint in your smile,
While you see the pain in my eyes leaving.
My eyes teeter open – I’ve lost focus, yet remain hopeful
My conscious quakes, eyelids cascade, my thoughts seem vocal
I yearn to be seen as I see in my dreams, but that’s the illusion
An unwelcomed confusion – when these blissful imageries turn into morbid intrusions.
Look me in the eyes
You act like you strong
But you know that you weak,
Your body will fold
You’re showing fatigue
Your conscience is toxic
Like a cobra that speaks
Be honest and stop it
Your hopes are too bleak
What do you see
It can’t be yourself
Don’t break your reflection
Keep your hands to yourself
You don’t deserve a chance and the plans
You demand, you damaged yourself
You’re less of a man
Seeking what isn’t yours
Paradoxically time has a limit
Your life is seepin’ through bleeding pores
Every wave is antagonistic to a cast away
Keeping you from reachin shores
Every goal is a hurdle
And I’m that obstacle keeping you from reaching yours
Every day is a new disguise
A new disgust you’ve never seen before
You’ve never had it all together
Look me in the eyes inside of the shattered pieces on the floor.