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Poetry

I Am Yours

By

Lauren

Lauren writes from a prison in Victoria.

Aleksandr Eremin

No matter what our pasts may say 

What hurts, our pains endured,

And tears shed for those who

Walked away.

‍

You and I, need not let ourselves 

Be defined by those hurts from

Our pasts and no longer will it

Influence our time.

‍

Why let our future carry the burden

And for the sore of an armour

And shackles of a place in time 

We are no more.

‍

No matter what, I love you, You

Have my consistency through it all.

Nor be fearful of losing us should our

Love turn to war.

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My white flag will never fall and 

We can through it all.

I am yours always, I am your now

I am your then, And I promise to give you my all, I love you no matter what, 

And I love you forever more…

This
piece
was originally printed in the
July 2024
edition of About Time.
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