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ISSUE NO. 17

December 2025

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Poetry

A Poet’s Thought of Soulmates

By

Elijah

Elijah writes from a prison in NSW.

Willy Pleasance

I am your best friend, and you are mine,

I’m your man and you’re my woman,

We are each other’s person,

Husband to wife, bonded by marriage,

The words, the promises,

Feelings to actions,

Attraction, love’s sweet reaction,

Souls become one,

Two bodies, two minds now one,

Two people, two futures paved only in thought,

So different yet their destinies so aligned,

We are each other’s person, complete immersion,

Eyes like stars, lips like silk, hands so soft,

Bodies they dance, among stars they are,

Creation they make, life’s path they take,

Every feeling they felt, the other feels too,

Trust is a must and communication too,

Together as one, soulmates we are destined,

Forever to each other we are.

I am your best friend, and you are mine,

I’m your man and you’re my woman,

We are each other’s person,

Husband to wife, bonded by marriage,

The words, the promises,

Feelings to actions,

Attraction, love’s sweet reaction,

Souls become one,

Two bodies, two minds now one,

Two people, two futures paved only in thought,

So different yet their destinies so aligned,

We are each other’s person, complete immersion,

Eyes like stars, lips like silk, hands so soft,

Bodies they dance, among stars they are,

Creation they make, life’s path they take,

Every feeling they felt, the other feels too,

Trust is a must and communication too,

Together as one, soulmates we are destined,

Forever to each other we are.

Art From Inside

By Lanie

Our team was blown away by this beautiful painting.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ

You Don’t Know Your Worth

By Flame

Don't fear my love, everything’s alright. Don't fear my friends, the future looks bright.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

2 MIN READ

‘Love Is Blind And It Can Make You See’

By Caleb

Love’s definition cannot be just one, not one, two or more but a tonne. Love is the greatest quality of them all, a verse written by the poet Paul.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ

Apocalypse of the Mind

By Emma-lee

I sit here watching the second-hand ticking by as it slowly keeps passing my time... And just as I thought the world can’t be changed it's an apocalypse of the mind.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ