Poets progress
MY MORAL COMPASS
Old Pain New Wounds
@roseehills · December 20, 2025
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my moral compass is definitive
i only play devils advocate because you’re inquisitive
& you’re swayed by peoples opinions
& i can be easily manipulative
but my intentions are rarely cruel
just calculated and sharp as a tool
i’m a reflection of what you are trying to hide
amplifying the truths you keep inside
piecing together how your wear your shame
because you think pride is the only way to win the game
although my compass points away
the weight of knowing you,makes me stay
in your reflection, i fight my fight
while struggling between what’s i know is wrong and right
your intentions are made out of spite
you know just the way to hurt me
you are very precise
and in every move we make i can see the tether
the reason we are apart, are the same reasons we stay together
you’re afraid no one will love you for you & im afraid you will never change
we literally have the solution to the game
but you instist on staying to play
and i cant keep up with the bitches and the fame
if you have the world at your hands, why do you keep steering my way?
you can have sara, jasmine & olivia
it’s not worth the headache, the heartache or feeling inferior

Your actions and your words never align
trying to see past your careful design
you lie, i cry & we’ll do it again in due time
trapped in a cycle that feels like a crime
we’re bound to this dance, a tragic routine,
caught in the spaces where love turns obscene.
and yet I stay, though I know it’s a sin—
waiting for closure that won’t ever begin.
and although your pride is hard to swallow
You already have my heart but you need my mind to follow
you’re a master of lies, a puppeteer of my soul,
playing with my heart, instead of playing your role.
You break me down just to build me again,
Only to tear me apart and go talk about it with your friends
You play the victim when you’re the one who deceives,
all for show, you care how you are perceived