Inspiration: Once upon a dark night, I was admiring the diamonds studded in the sky, when the uncanny arrangement of the two of the earliest known constellations, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor caught my attention. It was a completely symmetrical arrangement which made me think that each of them was a mirror image of the other, albiet little different in size as happens with curved mirrors. I had always wondered why they were called as Major and Minor though they appeared to defy these adjectives when seen by the eye. Then I sadly realized that this perception is the norm all over the earth and it did not spare the sky either.
Man and Mother
Upon a moonless April night,
Ursa couple's clear sight,
Facing mirror of social blight,
Cut a figure lesser bright.
Staring into the depressed mirror,
Oblivious to his perception error,
Smaller Major was mega elated,
Baited by his silhoutte inflated.
Smiling through the bulging reflector,
Content and calm the Bigger Minor,
Trusting destiny and the instance,
Meekly accepted diminished semblance.
Dismal shadow from the heavens,
Jaundiced cherubic hearts of humans,
To extol Man as greater mortal,
And his Mother the lesser mortal!
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