Mere beauty a vanity

You nurture, of course, your posture
For a strike, like a match.
Also have in store enough coal,
Once struck, to keep it in glow.
Girls! As well, culture your lustre
And composure. That alone, when lit,
Can keep him close to your pasture.
25.07.97

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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