The crown and its pain

Don’t envy kings for their crown.
They had no rosy history;
Either murdered, killed in the battle,
Shot dead, feared dead by ghosts
Or slaughtered by wives’ agents,
They had no rosy history.
Don’t envy kings for their thrones.
25.04.2003

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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