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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.

Little Rhyme

By Justin

Here’s a little rhyme. As I’m chilling doing time, paying the price for my crime.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

1 MIN READ

Mother

By Biannca

What did you see when you looked at me? Just a little girl, I had no voice, you kept me down without a choice. You gave heartache and pain, said I was your endless shame.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

2 MIN READ

One Day We Will Be Free

By Matt

They talked to us about our struggles, their words we could not hear, while being condemned and held accountable; our vision was not clear.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

1 MIN READ

All for One, One for All at Bandyup

By Ruth

Bandyup is a place, where we are a mixed race. It doesn’t matter where we are from, we should support each other as one.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

1 MIN READ