Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Love for one is not absolute
Nor is hate for a foe total.
There is an itch to harden the love
And soften the hatred through out.
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I believed some to be faithful and grateful.
I believed words and deeds of some true.
I lent or lifted one on trust or with faith.
Disheartened, can I dispense with believing?
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Praises thrown at one in public
Are customary with little truth.
Abuses made about one in public
Are the hired men’s with little truth.
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I cringe seeing braggarts
Investing themselves with
Importance by calling
Big people around in a party
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There is no wholly masculine man;
Nor is there wholly feminine woman.
Fluids harden to solids;
Solids rush to fluids.
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By dress be in form.
Then you will look in form.
By looks be confident.
Then you will feel confident.
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Your siblings are responsive
Till you stay viable.
Your children are supportive
Till you are abled.
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You can love but not all.
You can pity but not all.
You can be good but not to all.
To be to all is futile.
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Where chastity is purity
There men grow with brain
And go impotent.
Where rules promiscuity
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Men loving animals
Love less fellow beings
Men loving customers
Love less their workers.
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