Pseudo-exaltation

I wrote my diaries daily.
I took photograph of myself
Periodically and vividly.
I preserved all types of records
That put me on the pedestal.
I set them all on fire
Before I was put on pyre
As none was interested
In knowing them in my life time.
09.09.2008

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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