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ISSUE NO. 9

April 2025

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Poetry

Better Man

By

R.M.

R.M. writes from Brisbane Correctional Centre, in Queensland.

Angshu Purkait for Unsplash

As I stand, and look through these bars,

I can’t help to think of my lil stars,

How I wished I could have been a better man,

Sometimes I think, ‘why have I been dealt this hand?’

But I am what I am, and who I will always be,

Because I know I can produce a better me,

The same as I was, just in a different lane,

Because the monster in me I can now tame.

As I stand, and look through these bars,

I can’t help to think of my lil stars,

How I wished I could have been a better man,

Sometimes I think, ‘why have I been dealt this hand?’

But I am what I am, and who I will always be,

Because I know I can produce a better me,

The same as I was, just in a different lane,

Because the monster in me I can now tame.

‘Love is Rebuilding My Life’

By Phillip

There’s irony, hypocrisy, fallacy, a vast ocean of distance to cross. The “saint”, the “sinner”, it’s lunacy, that the ignorant could save the lost.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

Methfairytale

By Karie

I’m not belle of the ball, not the very least, but we have something in common, I’m in love with a beast. But the beast is not a person but a drug that I call meth, I’ve been talking to myself for hours, I’m running out of breath.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Nostalgia

By Dennis

Nostalgia is a gentle haze, a soft and fading, golden maze, where time itself begins to blur, and memory’s touch is sweet and pure.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Art From Inside

By Lanie

Our team was blown away by this beautiful painting.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ