Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The God is by me
As I am His devotee.
I am emboldened
To be unscrupulous.
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Circumstances rule you
Rather than you rule it.
It has enough might and right
To prune, twist, mould, distort,
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Acknowledge that there is power outside
And that it is greater than that in you.
When it is against you, you are nowhere.
When it will be so, you aren’t to know.
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At the time of death
The most decayed one
Is your conscience.
It has alone stood
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I don’t want to be your doll;
Dolls are kept in show cases.
I don’t want to be your pillow;
Pillows aren’t wanted at day.
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I don’t want to be clever when you aren’t so.
I don’t want to cheat you when you are honest.
So do I when you are as well innocent.
Don’t make me worse than I am by nature.
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Chose to be a beggar
When you have grown old.
The strangers who treat you
With contempt will not be those
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Every day there is night
To unburden your works.
Every day there is sleep
To loosen your stress.
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Love for one is not absolute
Nor is hate for a foe total.
There is an itch to harden the love
And soften the hatred through out.
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I believed some to be faithful and grateful.
I believed words and deeds of some true.
I lent or lifted one on trust or with faith.
Disheartened, can I dispense with believing?
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