The Preset Answer! Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

A thorn in the foot and lint in the eye,
A scratch at the back and the pain in the heart,
A stye in the eye lid and ache in the decayed tooth,
Can be removed on its own, without any help?

Stand alone as a stump in the middle of deserted hearts,
Walking alone numb in the midst of unkind air,
Thought of unwanted, planted in the section of brain,
When the oppressors change and regret, why is this hate

the precast used to build the structures,
the hearts not even stopped to do the repair,
the scopes can pinpoint the health of our internal organ,
why are we so hesitant to take out the lint from that eye?

the torn from the foot and the pain from the heart,
the hate from the mind and the poverty from the society,
can be removed by the intellectuals like you,
who have the desire to keep the affection at work.