Rivals induce value

Though not good in looks,
She was the best of the three
Sitting opposite in the coach
And inevitably engaged me.
I must seduce her attention
To vie with a youth sitting by me.
I succeeded or it seemed so.
I alighted at my place
With the pain of leaving her with him.
08.05.2007

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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