Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The decadence of the nobility
Plagues the society, unobserved, more than
The immorality of the mass does.
Yet the nobility emerges unsoiled.
...

She’s my wife and they, my kids, people say.
Their growth and decay is mine, they judge.
I’m her spouse and kids’ father to the mass.
My growth and decay has bearing on them.
...

A wicked man doesn’t know he’s wicked
But knows that he is kind when he is kind.
A greedy man doesn’t know he is greedy
But knows that he is content when he is.
...

To convert my rapport to love,
I got her a job in a school,
The head of which is my known guy.
I was on wait for the blossom.
...

Married for four decades, my wife and I
Live without corporal intimacy,
Both spending our time with respective sex
And yet companionship binds us.
...

M.K. Gandhi, Father of Nation
Is hailed in India and abroad alike.
His great grandchildren live in oblivion.
Are we grateful to him it true sense? .
...

Civilizations brought in chastity;
Chastity gave birth to prostitution.
Man was sexually emancipated.
The yoke of chastity paid its price.
...

The Government subverting judiciary,
The judiciary yielding to bribery,
Faith and trust are lost in democracy.
No prosperity can bring about peace.
...

The old are a miserable lot.
Eight of ten are disrespected;
Six of ten are humiliated.
The neglected are four of ten
...

He is away from his wife,
Whom he loves best as a whole,
And still has developed
Some passion for another,
...