The Scum Poem by Shankaran Kutty
The Scum
(This is based on a true incident. Of how a mother asked her lover to kill her own husband and child, so that they can elope and lead a life together. he has been given capital punishment and she, double life terms. But irrespective of all that, the incident created a huge shock, as I still cant imagine how a mother can kill her own 4 year old child for carnal pleasures.) .
What is it this thing called love
Isn't it the presence of the Lord
The spark that lights a lonely heart
That from one heart to another, poured
And of all the love that fill our hearts
The one that is most sublime
Is the one that flows from a mother's heart
Yet, a mother did commit this crime
She was a wife, a mother, a daughter
Her daughter so cute and dear
All of four, when the sun goes down
Her mother is all she wants near
She fell in love with her colleague, at work
Which by itself wasn't fair
For with a loving husband and a lovelier daughter
Why did she stray elsewhere
Can Love make so evil, a mortal soul
Can it make her so blind
To despise those who loved her the most
To cause her to lose her mind
So did she with her paramour
Her future life, conspire
Far away, just the two of them
A life, she did aspire
But to get her vile pleasures a price
She knew she had to pay
Her loving husband, her little angel
She wanted out of her way
Oh! The human mind in its grotesque ways
Can be filled with such evil and greed
That to call them animals would put those gentle
Beasts to shame indeed
So one day, she sent her lover
On a mission that can't be more cruel
That little one and her grandmother
Were hacked to death, so brutal
Then he waited for the husband to be home
And hacked him too, leaving presumed dead
And quietly from the scene of crime
The monster then quietly fled.
But the long arms of law caught up with them
To unravel tales of sin and sleaze
Of two minds that were most depraved
And acts that would any sane heart freeze
He has been sentenced to death by hanging
She, to decades in prison
Each night for her would certainly haunt
The last cries of her little one
Would she have cried out for her Mother to help
Would she have screamed that time in fright
Would she have known her messenger of death
Was sent by her mother she hugged at night
Even the vilest of animals in the forests wild
Would guard their offspring till their death
Then as what form of life was she born to send
Her daughter to death for pleasure and wealth
Perhaps for the evil that mankind does
Are born such scum to roam the earth
To remind us not to lose touch with the Lord
Does he send these devils to be given birth
Very inhumane act by so called humans. Both are equally guilty, life is full of such heinous examples. Nicely written poem, Congrats for the Poem of the day.
Hi Sankar, That is a haunting poem. To pen that she would be haunted by the last cries of her little one! But, what about the man, her paramour, who entered into the pact with her, to do the heneous crime, as you said 'for his carnal pleasures'? As Geeta has rightly mentioned below, it is a hair-raising incident and shocking to read it in the newspapers. Marvellous write. Keep shaing.
A frightening and hair raising story! Shocked to know that it is a true story. Extremely difficult and painful to know that a mother and a wife would crush her own kin to death. You are are right, Sir! Oh! The human mind in its grotesque ways Can be filled with such evil and greed That to call them animals would put those gentle Beasts to shame indeed Most effectively narrated through a fabulous poem. Full score.....
Animals wouldn't commit such evil acts, I feel. Only humans behave worse than animals. This type of crimes are heard from allover the world and for them no barrier exists, it seems. Still, nature will see to it that such criminals surely pay for their sins. Thanks SK, for sharing.
A heart-rending tale, so beautifully narrated in poetic verses. Only a poet can see and understand a tale like this and give it the sensitive treatment it deserves.
Yes, Amar. Having seen motherhood as the highest of all states, I just could not reconcile to the fact that a mother did this. Which is why, though the murders were committed by her lover, I find her more guilty.Thanks for your feedback
Unfortunately the evil of acts like this continues on and has done so since Cain struck down his own brother out of jealousy. It speaks well for the human race that 99.9% of human souls are repelled by a Mother taking her own child's life. There can be no more heinous or repugnant act that we can imagine or allow ourselves to imagine.
Absolutely Susan, I never thought there could be a mother who could do this. And one should see the photo of the 4 year old child. So sweet and innocent.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/28/2024 10:30:03 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Wickedness! With carnal pleasures. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Yes Sir.. And thanks for reading this.