The ever crowned

Socrates was put to death;
He was charged to have corrupted the youth.
Giordano was burnt to death.
He was charged to have been a heretic.
Such statesmen weren’t crowned at their time.
Since then they’ve been crowned unlike their kings.
29.04.2010

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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