Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The one wronged is wronged,
With the effects unaltered,
Though it was performed
Unknowingly, ignorantly,
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He failed to influence police.
He failed to influence prosecution.
He failed to get the judges.
He landed in jail at last.
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Tethered by the past, enslaved by routines,
Battered by the struggle of the living
And a victim of conditioning imposed
By the society, man is a caged beast.
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Scholasticism is the philosophy
That existed in the medieval period.
The relation between faith and reason,
The relation between the will and intellect
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For love to pour, the object of the love
Need not be present; even contacts do.
Love is a quality to spend.
Life is simply life longing for lOVE.
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Fear of running is from fear of falling.
Fear of driving is from fear of dashing.
Fear of marriage is from fear of commitment.
Fear is the risk intended, not at hand.
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Do you like pain or sorrow to sustain?
If said yes, you lie; if said no, you lie not.
If said yes, can you inflict pain and sorrow
When it is unwarranted on your part?
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When you feel seeing someone's sufferings,
It is sympathy, from where is born compassion,
The feeling of empathy and kindness
For suffering or anguish of others.
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Without marriage one's life is incomplete.
Without parenthood, life is incomplete.
Children must marry and beget children.
Death must come without pain to complete life.
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I fell for her twenty five years ago.
I would have fallen for her even now
Had i met her afresh at her sixty.
Such a sustenance beauty is Clara!
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