Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Man takes a woman on his chest
As a father hugs his child.
He holds her mare as a jockey does.
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God has sent you to the world
To live finding food and mate.
Don't waste time in pleasing Him.
He needs your virtue not praises.
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Simplicity is
Being without affectation.
Affectation means
Posing larger than what you are.
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They are your parents, fatuous or be what.
They are, what all is said and done, your root,
For whom you must live up to final duties.

They are your siblings, selfish or be what.
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Forbidden fruit as she is,
A woman waits for her husband
To meet her hunger for sex.
Barred to women as he is,
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He and I had been good friends
Until we became roommates.
She and I had been soul mates
Until we become life mates.
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Selfishness is the trunk,
From which grow leaves of greed
And blossom of meanness.
It will bear thorny fruits
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He has published ten books at his cost,
And sold thousands of copies free of cost.
He got them translated on his behest.
He got many paid awards and titles.
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Be it lovers, godfathers or fast-friends,
There is a tendency for the people
To have them double, fearing defaults.
Faith has deteriorated to that extent.
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