The Axe To Kingdom Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Duryodhana was bad,
The Mahabharata says.
King Ravana was bad,
The Ramayana says.
They had been just rulers
Yet the Epics tell us so.

They fuelled their ego
In the pursuits of their lust.
Duryadhana coveted
The kingdom of his cousins.
King Ravana coveted
The consort of Rama.

They didn’t heed others’ views
And stuck to their egos.
The error of judgment
Not set right by hearing
Will be an axe that fells
The tree of the empire built.
15.07.2015