Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

You in my thought, I did not sleep.
You in my dream, I did not wake.
You with me, I did not sleep.
You without me, I did not sleep.
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It is he who rescued me.
The God saved me.
It is he who prompted me.
The God rewarded me.
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Time is your asset,
The only asset assured.
Spend it wisely.
Let not others spend it for you.
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I served food to my mother
On every anniversary of her death..
If she was fed, I was not sure,
Yet I believed she had been fed.
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There should be some animosity
For man-woman friendship to be asexual.
Otherwise, platonic love is the rule.
Sisterly and brotherly is eyewash.
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The mother weeps for she lost her son.
The wife weeps for she lost her husband.
The daughter weeps for she lost her father.
No one wept for he lost himself.
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You aren’t worthier than mine
But unlike him, new to me.
So I admit you
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Things you express in verses,
Cannot be stated in a letter.
Things you can tell in letters,
Cannot be uttered in person.
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Till I have trodden I couldn’t say
If the path is good or bad.
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I take pity on the servant
Whose master is my neigbour.
I take pity on the parents
Whose sons are my cousins..
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