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The Deranged Compass

When truth is silenced, direction is lost.

A compass that no longer points to truth does not merely mislead—it endangers lives, futures, and the moral fabric of society.

This poem confronts a world governed by distorted values and fear, and asks what must be recovered so that direction, dignity, and responsibility may return.

It is a call not to anger, but to discernment.

 

“The Deranged Compass”

 

“Speak the truth.

Speak only the truth.

Speak the whole truth.”

— Carl von Clausewitz, On War

 

Those without wisdom rise while making light of life.

Those without justice reign by falsifying truth.

Those without compassion boast of brutality like wild beasts.

Those who cower govern through severe punishment.

Those who compel slaughter legitimize absurd wars.

Those without tolerance deny humanity itself, relentlessly.

 

By rulers steeped in falsehood,

the world is drenched in shame.

By despots of distorted values,

the world is overrun.

By dictators feeding private desire,

the world is invaded.

 

A world forbidden to know the truth

entangles itself with despair, unable to show the future.

A world that abandons the search for truth

leaves the children of tomorrow trembling in fear.

A world that suppresses those who speak the truth

never allows the future to be imagined.

 

Children gaze upon a deranged compass.

What they see is the needle of a leader’s madness.

A needle of mass manipulation, mistaken for sanity.

A needle of state control, unrecognized as indoctrination.

Control itself becomes the guiding principle

of a nation ruled by fear.

 

Cultivate a critical spirit.

Never allow that resolve to wither.

That heart must be guided rightly,

that stance firmly upheld—

for without it, no light can be found.

 

For the compass to point to the rightful path,

let truth be revealed through dialogue.

Never turn your eyes away from truth.

Devote your wisdom to discerning it.

And before truth itself,

we must make atonement for our transgressions.

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