Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

To purge the guilt made of hurts,
Repent it, ask pardon of it
And fairly compensate it
For a salvation of the soul.
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A man of vigour, he succeeded me,
A man of composure, in a concern.
If he continues to have composure,
He will have done what I couldn't in the end.
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Tell lies but not to escape.
Tell lies but not for a fevour.
Tell lies but not to implicate.
Tell lies but not to spare one.
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How long would a ripple last?
How long would a name last?
A year, a decade or at most
A generation; beyond which
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No gods will save you because you pray
Nor will they desert you because you don't.
Other living things are the best examples.
Yet we believe in God to be in religions.
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Birth is a gain; death is not a loss.
To feel the birth as a gain, you are there.
To feel the death as a loss, you aren't there.
The birth itself is not a gain post death.
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With the last born having settled in life,
I thought my duty in life was over.
Then came the attending of my parents
In their old age, a stressing experience.
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Events and people existing
Before the birth and after the death
Have no relevance to one's feelings.
Events and people existing
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Life is time bound; spend it wisely.
Waste of time is waste of life.
To save time is to last in life.
No go back in time and life.
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You are not dead when you are dead;
You are dead only when the last known one
Who would remember about you, is dead.
Since then, your name when heard would have no face.
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