Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

As a child, when I stole,
My conscience didn't prick me.
As an adolescent, when I stole,
My conscience pricked me.
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The husband and wife had kept some money
To use when one of them fell fatally ill.
He fell ill and she sparingly spent,
Thinking her future and he was left to die.
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Attractive women don't contest to govern.
They let men contest and win elections.
They are still safe and can get along with men,
Whom they can rule with their charm and friendships.
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To make a thing or build a relationship,
It needs time and efforts and at no time
With least efforts do they break away.
Bitter friends in a row accumulates.
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‘Abortion is a sin', she told.
Her husband exhorted; she did.
The sin had gone to her husband.
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She was a lady of passion;
He was a man of position.
A perfect couple they had been.
The middle age brought monotony.
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Neither argument nor explanation
Does passion require for its maintenance.
Rather an evidence of weakness than
Of strength will be such like attempts when made.
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No doubt, he fell in love for her.
No doubt, he has found her worthwhile.
Does he really feel such love
For her at the very moment
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You will be a matured person
When you own your action,
When you are responsive to issues
And when you adjust yourself to the space.
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You cannot win unless you try for it.
You can lose even if you try to win.
To lose is dead easier than to win.
One gets more failures than successes.
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