Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Play or exercise;
Then sublimated is your aggression.
Craft or write;
Then sublimated is your anxiety.
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The lasting beauty lies
not in surging breasts, chubby cheeks,
cloudy hair, fair skin and ornaments.
It lies in one’s aura and personality.
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You might be known for something good
By which you must stand with all efforts
Like one who walks fast with efforts
To stand there on a treadmill.
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Attachment is the source of sufferings.
Attachment is the bond of slavery.
Love of comfort is born of attachment.
Passion for some is from attachment.
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Wise man, who first said life was hell-
He must have come from this barrack,
The desert of moustaches and uniforms
And parched skins of soldiers.
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The one is busy in trade, making money.
The other idles in arts and music.
The third withdraws in perseverance to God.
The fourth is in pursuit of women in vain.
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A wave gathered wind, soared high,
And heaved afar on the coral, ashore.
It ebbed back, with memory of its touch.
The coral stood, unshaken, for another.
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Don’t dispel the night.
There only you gather your might.
You are your own, without plight.
You can ruminate and fantasize.
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Be a child to your child when you are old,
If you want to live with your child.
Yes, forgive, forget, and be aloof
You’re an appendix, having no head.
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Words are vehicles of communication.
Apt words in apt time convey a lot.
Take eye contacts between lovers!
Without words, what an effect! .
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