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ISSUE NO. 10

May 2025

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Poetry

Good Seed

By

RM

RM writes from Brisbane Correctional Centre in Queensland.

‘End of the Line’ by Les, 1999, graphite and charcoal on paper, Boom Gate Gallery

The more time I spend in this cell,

The more the devil can control his hell.

Let me be free from all this pain and hate,

But sometimes I just think it too late,

Why does all this pain happen to me?

Can this demon just set me free,

It feels as though my hands are tied,

I think about my babies. Only to break down and cry,

I try over and over, again and again,

Please believe me my honourable friend,

Home sounds so sweet to the heart,

If only shown from the very start,

I only wish for my hands to be freed,

Don’t beat me up about my past.

Coz I truly am a good seed.

The more time I spend in this cell,

The more the devil can control his hell.

Let me be free from all this pain and hate,

But sometimes I just think it too late,

Why does all this pain happen to me?

Can this demon just set me free,

It feels as though my hands are tied,

I think about my babies. Only to break down and cry,

I try over and over, again and again,

Please believe me my honourable friend,

Home sounds so sweet to the heart,

If only shown from the very start,

I only wish for my hands to be freed,

Don’t beat me up about my past.

Coz I truly am a good seed.

‘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