Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

More ignorant than me must you be
To be my disciple or servant.
Duller than me be or vacate the place.
The bright and not the weak shall be weeded.
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Survival, breeding, domination
And territory are the four domains
Where all organisms develop desires.
Man's desire is for after-death also.
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Greed is an endless pit.
It exhausts a person
In his endless efforts
To fill it to the brim
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It’s very hard for one to navigate
Between selfishness and selflessness.
To exist is to live on other organisms.
Which itself would amount to selfishness,
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When you love, you cannot be jealous.
When you are jealous, you cannot love.
Man and woman are hardly jealous
Of each other, due to sexual pulls.
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Grass takes no revenge on cows;
Cows take no revenge on lions.
Slaves take no revenge on masters.
Masters take no revenge on beasts.
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Life is without meaning;
The sense gives it meaning.
Words are without meaning.
Knowledge brings it meaning.
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Eyes replaced, there is no difference
In the perception and reaction.
One’s brain is one’s individuality.
No other part replaced will change one.
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I must grow such that my parents are proud.
I must stay such that my spouse is proud.
I must move such that my children are proud.
These in mind, I've drained my blood all my life.
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Many languages will die soon, some predict,
Because of English as the world language.
Human race will die sooner, some predict,
Because of the Sun heat and carbon dust.
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