Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

There was a distance when you were with me.
Now you are out, yet are so close and less blushing.
You may feel safe having expelled me from you.
You are not safe, unable to expel yourself from me.
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Estranged parents were away,
In total abandonment from children.
The parents depended for all on the neigbour.
At death, parents bequeathed to their kids.
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To bathe the God,
To clothe the God,
To feed the God,
Out of love, I intend.
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In winter, I crave for summer;
In summer, I crave for winter.
Heat endears cool and cool, the heat.
You are to me heat and cool as well.
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You are a Taj Mahal,
At least to me.
Had I seen you
When I was a child,
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Your eyes are more prominent.
Your cheeks have waxed.
Lips are found more even than then.
Nape is firm; limbs are solid.
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You’re sexier to me, than a year ago.
Does it owe much to my yearlong hunger?
Else, are you, by some one, made happier?
However, I am enlivened to grow.
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Let someone sing to you.
It lulls you from outside.
You are aware externally.
Let you yourself sing.
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Limit of time makes you tense.
Limit of space makes you tense.
Birth to death is your time.
Matter around you is space.
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Limit of time makes you tense.
Limit of space makes you tense.
Birth to death is your time.
Matter around you is space.
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