Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I’m low and you are high by birth.
We have been made equal by law.
Yet ‘made equal’ rings in our ears
And, make us feel it when we meet.
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In the court of Death God,
Seniority is not counted,
Justice is not sought,
Verdict is not contested
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English language dead,
Can Shakespeare thrive?
Knowing souls dead,
Can dead souls exist?
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The loving one takes care
That the loved one is not hurt.
Husband and wife spy each other.
As such they are not loving ones.
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Before birth, my name was not there.
Before birth, my foot prints were not there.
Before birth, no monument was for me.
After death, must these things live?
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I still remember the women
Who loved me and left with time
But threw out of my memory
Those who had loved me and dumped
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You are weighed by others
By balances that they own.
Balances are not same standard.
You suffer inaccuracy.
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Little by little I saved,
For my son to inherit it.
He grew and earned a lot,
With no care for mine. I am lost.
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Mother loves to meet her child’s need.
Man loves to meet his woman’s need.
They do, with or without the returns.
Sustenance of the race is on
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A touch is sensuous and sensual
To a man and a woman as well
When he touches her and when she feels it.
Her touch on him is neutral to both.
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