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Moral Compass

Name: Moral Compass
Brand: Erika Teneva
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ISBN: 9781791373061

By Erika Teneva

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Length: 64 pages14 minutes

Publisher:: Erika Teneva
Released:: Dec 12, 2018
ISBN:: 9781791373061
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Moral Compass is a collection of poems brought together to narrate dreams, depict family dynamics, and retell folklore. The mystical meets reality with the musings of psychological and philosophical renderings of political tension, personal struggle, modern day absurdities, and of course, love.

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Length: 64 pages14 minutes

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Released:: Dec 12, 2018
ISBN:: 9781791373061
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Earth

East of the West

I am a child from east of the West

My heart lies neither here nor there

It stays stationed in a hazy halfway

My pride is reduced to pocket change

My loyalty demanded by the embroidered stitching of collapsing flags

The homes in which my spirit once took shelter are left dilapidated

My limbs are tugged from right to left

My body is divided into borders

I am too foreign here

Shall I return to my beloved land where the sheep roam free?

There is no one there willing to herd them anymore

But there, the people are caged livestock, immobile and idling

Gazelles feign as lions

The people wear horses’ blinders, on each side of their head

It is disguised as tradition

I am too foreign here

Shall I return to my beloved land where my opinions roam free?

There is no one willing to hear me anymore

But there, my neighbor faces imprisonment

The sounds of shotguns take custody of my courage

Neanderthals cry wolf, echoing their camouflaged ape executives

It is masked as patriotism

From East

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