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ISSUE NO. 7

February 2025

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Poetry

Surely You’ll Love Again

By

RM

RM writes from Brisbane Correctional Centre in Queensland.

I see the pain in your lost eyes,

And see, all your life ends in cries,

I’ve seen that you’ve been down,

I can tell the way you wear your frown,

You drink late into the morrow,

All that pain, all that sorrow,

A heart stone-cold, you can’t really mend,

Blissful mind, how did it bend?

This wall between you and I,

Can be tricky, to the blind eye,

Surely you’ll love again,

Till then I can only be your friend.

I see the pain in your lost eyes,

And see, all your life ends in cries,

I’ve seen that you’ve been down,

I can tell the way you wear your frown,

You drink late into the morrow,

All that pain, all that sorrow,

A heart stone-cold, you can’t really mend,

Blissful mind, how did it bend?

This wall between you and I,

Can be tricky, to the blind eye,

Surely you’ll love again,

Till then I can only be your friend.

‘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