Pious and chaste.

I needed to steal but I didn’t;
No guts.
I desired to rape but I didn’t;
No nerves.
I wanted to revenge but I didn’t;
No valour.
I ended as a man pious
Like a woman who ends as chaste.
Being just and chaste for want of guts
07.10.2004

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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