Faith is double edged

Faith is the boat
By which one sails.
It is the same boat
By which one sinks, too.

No-faith is the shield
With which one is secure.
It is the same shield
With which one retreats.

When to have faith
And when to not have it
Is mere a chance
Beyond one’s prediction.
13.02.2000, Palakkad

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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