What Else Could Appease Them? Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

She was the college beauty of her time;
The whole her class mates sought her attention.
Not behind were the popular heroes.
Those who taught her took extra care of her.
Even the sub staff thought themselves worthy.
She answered their glances and kept them in wait.
Men were in wait till the course came to end.

Many decades have rolled down since then.
Those aged men even now recollect
Her name and image at their random thoughts.
They do not know if she recollects their names.
They do not know if by now she exists.
What else could appease them other than seeing her?
21.11.2009