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Poetry and Prose by Russell Wardlow

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Trauma

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

Self Absorbance

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

when you not around
this is how I feel
this is what it makes me think
this is what I wanna do
and you have no clue

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Go Figure

May 3, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

I’ve been ready
ready to die
ready to die all my life
now
that I’m finally ready
ready to live
life is killing me…

Filed Under: Inside, Trauma

This is that Man’s Worlds

May 2, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

the world is more
than black and white
yet I lose not sight of arrangement
and feeling of place
I know these walls
intimate with their tremblings
my heart encompasses absolute truth
but my mind navigates orientation
and I am inside the belly of the beast
being not the least bit confused
of whose beastly belly I am submerged
the sickly grotesque stomach lining
of stolen legacies
for this is the insides of a white man
and I have been swallowed whole in his world

Filed Under: Culture, Trauma

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

The Pain You Reap

April 13, 2022 by Russell Wardlow Leave a Comment

to know life
is to know peace
to not understand
life,
is to know pain
in the pursuit of
peace
and to be
oblivious,
is to make peace
with pain
or say I think
because
the pleasure you seek…

Filed Under: Trauma

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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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