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ISSUE NO. 13

August 2025

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Poetry

I Will Always Love You

By

Jack

Jack writes from a prison in Victoria.

A poem for the one true love of my life, I wish I could change the past, but I can only change my future.

I will always love you

Something special, something true,

The perfect future I wanted with you,

Something crazy, something great,

All of the things that are worth the wait,

Know that you’re hurting, and aching inside,

For all of the times that made you cry,

The way that I hurt you, the things that I said,

All of the doubts that I put in your head,

Constant reminders of mistakes that I made,

Are something that likely won’t go away,

All of the nights that I left you alone,

All of the times you sat by the phone

I am so ashamed, I wish I could change it,

No words could describe how much that I hate it,

Honest to God you’re the most beautiful girl,

If I could do it all again I would give you the world,

Someone to lean on, someone to trust,

Someone to give you everything that’s a must,

Know that it’s hard and might feel like a waste,

But the sky is the limit for your love that I taste,

Miss your smell, your face and your lips,

Your smile, your legs, your hair and your hips,

Will we work out, only time will tell,

But either way I love you, and I do wish you well

To About Time: Thanks for giving us something to look forward to every month, it means a lot.

A poem for the one true love of my life, I wish I could change the past, but I can only change my future.

I will always love you

Something special, something true,

The perfect future I wanted with you,

Something crazy, something great,

All of the things that are worth the wait,

Know that you’re hurting, and aching inside,

For all of the times that made you cry,

The way that I hurt you, the things that I said,

All of the doubts that I put in your head,

Constant reminders of mistakes that I made,

Are something that likely won’t go away,

All of the nights that I left you alone,

All of the times you sat by the phone

I am so ashamed, I wish I could change it,

No words could describe how much that I hate it,

Honest to God you’re the most beautiful girl,

If I could do it all again I would give you the world,

Someone to lean on, someone to trust,

Someone to give you everything that’s a must,

Know that it’s hard and might feel like a waste,

But the sky is the limit for your love that I taste,

Miss your smell, your face and your lips,

Your smile, your legs, your hair and your hips,

Will we work out, only time will tell,

But either way I love you, and I do wish you well

To About Time: Thanks for giving us something to look forward to every month, it means a lot.

Little Rhyme

By Justin

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

Creative

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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

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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