The fate of institutions
If an institution must run
It must generate enough funds
To feed the people who run it.
If it must survive the founder,
Running it must be profitable
For the subsequent personals.
Otherwise, however noble
The cause is or however holy
The faith founded is,
The institution is bound to die.
The seed alone is helpless for its growth.
11.01.2009
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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People are sad.
And walk around mad...
For someone else to claim it.
And call sadness their own.
While those who are glad,
And happy for reasons.
Seem pleased with themselves,
When no one else is there...
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Keep their faith alive!
People who believe,
They keep faith.
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Keep a faith inside known!
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Generator
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We generate emotion
We generate a feeling
That is better left here
Than a memory on a wall
I'd rather cry than forget you
We generate pain
We generate suspicion
We generate a rumour that's sick
But a rumour that is probably true
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I'm talking 'bout fashion
I'm talking 'bout skin games
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We generate pictures
We generate a video film
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With faith in the fellow sheep, the sheep feed.
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Without faith in others, you can't transact.
Faith in God, faith in fate and faith in luck
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Faith in love, faith in trade and faith in helps
Would slacken the cognizance you possess.
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Faith in the unknown has no guarantee.
Faith in the known has no certainty
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Faith in doctors and faith in medicine
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Denounced altogether, one cannot exist.
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Faith in siblings and faith in servants
And faith in professional ethics
Abandoned altogether, one cannot thrive.
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Without faith, guarantees have no bearings.
Without faith, investments will have no life.
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Faith might break when it's sabotaged.
Faith might crash when it's blindfolded.
Yet, one has to vouch for faith in life.
Faith comes from ignorance of things.
Faith comes from lack of influence.
Faith comes in helpless conditions.
Faith exercises no control yet.
Have faith in you and accept the outcome.
Have faith in others and give allowance.
Have faith in future and shelve the distress.
Faith vacated, worries will occupy.
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