A Saint Has A Past Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

St. Valmihi, who wrote Ramayana,
The epic, had a past as a robber.
St. Augustine, called Doctor of Churches
Had a past as being a hedonist.

Indira Nehru Gandhi, notorious
For Emergency, had a past of a dove.
Adolf Hitler, a Nazi and fascist,
Had a past as a German patriot.

It is within you that you turn over
A new leaf in case you soil your leaves
The noble with the bad past is a noble.
The evil with the good past is an evil.
27.09.2016