Emotional Compass

Confusing thoughts ………….!

Emotional Compass

Inner cardinal commands of feelings

Dictate the duality my strong passions

Afraid of fear atop northern thoughts

In eastern self a rage hides in anger

My southern soul sinks in sadness

Yet from the west I feel a wind of joy

In mindset lesser intercardinal senses

Disgusting sins secrete in northeast mind

But in southeast psyche grows surprise

Southwest hypothalamus trusting instincts

Leaving northwest frontal lobe anticipating

Of where to level my future expectations

Copyright @ Phillozofee 2018

Reviews

[~barefoot empress~]

Beautifully written. To take the abstract and make it into absolute by means of mapping, is a conceptual delight. I really enjoyed this peice.
It gave me the reminiscing feeling of the Phantom Tollbooth, but on a much larger emotional stage. Always a joy to read.

[barleygirl]

This poem might be a little too analytical to touch anyone’s heart, but it’s crafted with cleverness. I love the way you work in the different directions & this ties in with your witty title (the kind of extended metaphor we all wish we could come up with!) This reminds me of being bipolar (which I am) – the word “bi” is misleading, since there are a jumble of thoughts & moods coming from more than just 2 directions! Your poem reminds me of when I’m in an unidentifiable mood, with several attacking me at once! *wink! wink!* Fondly, Margie

[Ms. Tutolo]

I love the connection to the compass making the poem have dual meanings.

[Weeping willow]

This is a wonderful write, feel the expression in every word. Like in details each word flows on its own ;-]

[H L Rose]

I think this is super creative!

I like how you stick to the simple directions, like west, in the first stanza, and also some simple concepts like "fear", "anger", "sadness", and "joy", compared to the second stanza that has more complex directions like "southwest", along with more complex ideas and concepts, like "Disgusting sins secrete" and "hypothalamus trusting instincts".

"My southern soul sinks in sadness" is I think my favorite line.

I enjoyed reading!

[sette]

how i wish that the mind and heart will have one direction so that it would be easy to reach a decision

[Chris Shaw]

Original thinking and well written but I won't be weighing up my own emotional compass. Clever write, I like what you have done here.

Thank you

Chris

[Shattered Rose]

I love this poem, I can feel all the emotions that were moving around when you wrote this.

[Quill]

lovely concept, i like it

[Ardra]

Mmm quiet a complicated decision I must say.....
Just like our brain :))