Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Your name will die with you
And maximum with the people
Who know you, when they die.
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She said,
“I love you; I still love you; it’s true.
Steal my heart and leave my flesh, ”
She continued,
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On his way through the woods one winter night,
To warm himself through out night in the site,
He started colleting debris for burning,
More and more, unsure of wanted quantum,
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Coal dust the celeries are inured to
Does not throw to them any shabbiness.
Rich food the millionaires are inured to
Would not grant them any appetite.
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Own a house, men and business.
Have kin and friends in good humour.
Spend on women and poor neigbours.
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Fire from ghee and fire from coal
Look alike but are different
In their smells; all souls aren’t alike
And take colour from the matter.
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Keep no one with you too close or too near.
They would then probe you for your holes and moles.
Big men are big because they are beyond us.
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You build your child, draining your blood.
You build your house with debts on heads.
What for? To show how big you are.
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Having eaten the seed, the plant has grown.
Having eaten the lust, the love has grown.
The lust is dead in the marital love.
But that is the cause for numerous seeds
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Chances are there that two souls
Encountering similar situations
Are induced with similar thoughts,
Which, when spelt, aren’t copies.
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