You possess the talent for speaking,

For your speech, many are seeking,

Utter silence, why are you keeping?

This is never the time for sleeping.


Some expect your excellent expression,

For a long time you are in the profession,

Great thoughts are in your possession,

You are never in an inferior position.


To death, Socrates was sentenced,

He never felt nervous and tensed,

The cruelty of his rulers, he sensed,

Over dying, he was fully convinced.


His ideas, Socrates never at all wrote,

Still, his powerful words, people quote,

He refused to behave like a silent goat,

To silence him, two out of three did vote.


Socrates lived before holy Jesus Christ,

By forceful death, both were put to rest,

They meritoriously passed in guts' test,

For humanity, they did their level best.


From their guts, try to adequately borrow,

Remember that they also had acute sorrow,

They were never worried about tomorrow,

Their lives will make your guts greatly grow.


Your ideas, you must have to share,

To prove that you also finely care,

Your group's trouble, you must bear,

Let not your brain suffer wear and tear.


Always wisely offer your humble suggestion,

Whenever takes place a meeting session,

Release your ideas to avoid any congestion,

Then, your brain will have good digestion.


To express your views, feel not shy,

You are keeping silent, tell why?

To speak well, again and again try,

You will twinkle like stars in the Sky.


You can surely wonderfully manage,

You have reached a highly mature age,

Mind of none your speech must damage,

Pray to God and boldly enter the stage!


M V Venkataraman