Socrates illuminated the world
But didn’t, his wife.
Gandhi severed Indians shackles;
But didn’t, his wife’s.
Karl Marx fought for work force
But not for his maid.
Every light has a basal shade.
09.11.2004
Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-basal-shade/
