A Single String Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Name stands for a thing
For its contents and quality.
Name stands for a person
For his body and soul.

When a horse is named,
The name says it’s a horse
And also further says
That it’s not any other.

God is a name given.
Saturn is a name spelt.
They are abstract nouns
Known by imagination.

To understand names
The language must be read.
To know the language,
The speaker must be read.

When we address living things,
We address their inner things
Which are inner connected
As soul, a single string.