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ISSUE NO. 13

August 2025

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Poetry

The Silent Path

“The Well-Trodden Path” by Justin, 2004, acrylic on canvas, Boom Gate Gallery

On an icy day, we’ll meet again,

On a silent path, free from pain.

No greetings spoken, no sparks to fly,

Just a quiet knowing in each other’s eye.

In a fleeting second, let the past awake,

The hidden love we dared not stake.

Memories rush in, a flood so sweet,

Of whispered promises we could not keep.

Consoled by remembrance, from depths so deep,

Emerge the moments that we still keep.

From the well of the elapsed, our story told,

A love once hidden, now brave and bold.

On an icy day, we’ll meet again,

On a silent path, free from pain.

No greetings spoken, no sparks to fly,

Just a quiet knowing in each other’s eye.

In a fleeting second, let the past awake,

The hidden love we dared not stake.

Memories rush in, a flood so sweet,

Of whispered promises we could not keep.

Consoled by remembrance, from depths so deep,

Emerge the moments that we still keep.

From the well of the elapsed, our story told,

A love once hidden, now brave and bold.

‘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