Reciprocity Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Reciprocity is the link
That fastens to souls to be close.
Objective, subjective or both
Reciprocity acts in them.

Desires parental and sexual
Can intervene to an extent
To make ties last as one sided,
When reciprocity slackens.

Love offered must be requited.
Friendships must flow down from both sides.
Two equals can love each other.
Queen and maids can love each other.

Kinds to kinds can be the return.
Kinds to loyalty can be the norm.
Kinds to gratitude can be the form.
Mere love to love can't last for long.

Reciprocity can well be
On material advantage,
On emotional impulse
Or on compassion or sexual.

Familiarity breeds contempt.
Frivolity can dampen love.
Conspiracy can spoil it.
Change in space can dilute it.

Reciprocity tapering,
Animosity entering,
Or priority shifting
Relationship will strain and break.

A friendship will come to an end.
A relationship will be over.
Yet it is worth capturing it.
It gives emotional comforts.
23.08.2017