Sharlie Louise is a young poet from Melbourne, Australia. Louise’s verses capture the purity of love, and they remind us of how beautiful passion can be when it truly comes from the heart.

YOUR LIFE IS A BATTLEGROUND STORY…
Your life is a battleground story.
You will grow used to repeating those landmarks, those landmines. That land that was mine.
Mined.
— laughter lines — battle lines — white lines — white lies
My land mined for a taste of her thighs.
I STILL DO
I vowed to love you forever,
and in my secret moments,
in the secret still stop space,
Secrets
Still
Stop.
I still –
Stop.
I still –
Space.
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Photos by Alex Mari.

