Eight-line Poems

Compass

Compass

The compass knows but one thing,
is single-minded in intent,
devotes its life to this lone cause,
prepares for universal answer
to the question, “Where am I?”

Fulfilled in purpose and its being,
the compass shrugs, it cannot know,
but points and says, “That’s North.”


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.21.22
Prompt: North.