With peace

To know myself is
To know when I go wrong,
Where I am negative
And how I hurt someone.

To know myself is
To know when I deceive,
Why I lie, why I belie
And how I misappropriate.

To know myself is
To know when I lack pity,
Why I escape, why I desert
And how I manipulate.

By knowing myself
I may not swim fast,
I may not scale high
But with peace I can die.
22.05.2007

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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