Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

In an instance, she hit my sensitiveness.
The ardent love I had for her broke down.
It made me act with such vengeance
As to plunge into I know what, just for
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No two remain as friends.
No two remain as lovers.
But two remain as spouses
Thanks to trust and locking.
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He was given out as leg before.
A wrong decision. The umpire felt.
The next batsman was not given out.
A wrong decision. The umpire did.
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Wisdom is not the accumulated memory.
It is much more. I and mine must go.
Wisdom cannot be bought or sought.
What is in you will unfold as wisdom.
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War is the expression
Of one’s inner conflicts.
War exists in all dealings
As the result of conflicts,
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Freedom from the cell results
In bondage outside the cell.
Freedom from anger that
You get by resistance
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Confidence that comes
With hope, faith and belief
Is conditional.
It musters strength but
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Religion is an organized unit,
A frozen thought of man,
Symbolized by temples and churches,
To catch hold of masses,
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A cat chasing a rat,
I will fevour the cat
If I have hatred for the rat
And I will favour the rat
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When I acted as a king,
I didn’t feel being a king.
When I acted as a clown,
I didn’t feel being a fool.
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