Innocence Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

To be enamoured of, be there someone;
Be it he or she, any rank or size,
And on any foot; it is all the same.
Be there someone to admire or cherish.

To be besotted with one who holds me,
To be captivated by one who reins me
And to have one as an apple of my eye
There must be some persons for me in life.

Innocence gives life roses and romance.
‘Know better' takes away your ‘feel better'.
Pursue innocence and leave strategy.
Seek curiosity rather than success.

Fear to do immoral turns a coward act.
Quilt, shame, stigma and qualm are put to
shame.
Leisurely time to think and muse grows rare.
Too much things too soon to know tires me out.


To glorify one and to like hearing
Others glorify the one sooths my soul,
But is discarded from my pursuits
As it amounts to a hero worship.
20.03 2016