Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Your desire of me and mine of you
Are not alike.
My dream of you and yours of me
Are different.
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I see just headlines in dailies,
Read bits in the periodicals
And ignore reading any materials.
I condole over phones, bless through
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Man has as much urge to leave his footprints
As he has to leave his child in the world.
It is his urge to make something about him
That disturbs the balance of the world.
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Time has no divisions.
We make them in it.
Space has no division.
We make them in it.
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If someone has helped someone
Which you would hesitate to do,
You must compliment such person
With the words of appreciation.
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Unless you make yourself of doing things
You have to do when it ought to be done
Irrespective of your liking for it,
To alleviate others’ sufferings
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Sex, child, companionship and helplessness
Bind a couple in sequences; love has no role.
In their separation, resilience is fast.
Love binds only the mother with her child.
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The same house housed
An invalid old and an innocent child.
Both need to be tended,
Fed, bathed, clothed and toileted.
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Winds makes straws fly.
And brings down trees.
Breeze and storm are winds.
For up and down of yours.
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My mother dropped the glass.
My wife dropped the glass.
My servant dropped the glass
My child dropped the glass.
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