No adulation

Humility is a weight
Only to the weighty people.
It is a curse to you and me.
Simplicity is wealth
Only to the wealthy people.
It is a shame to you and me.
They deserve no adulation.
We reserve no humiliation
29.12.2005

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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