I asked the hot Sun, <br />'Oh, you mighty one, <br />Why you rise in the East <br />And set in the West? ' <br /> <br />It laughed and said, <br />'Oh, no, you're misled, <br />For I rise or set not, <br />Nor go or move about.' <br /> <br />'The Earth which rotates <br />On its own orbital axis, <br />Throws out an illusion, <br />Thus gives a false vision.' <br /> <br />I asked the cool Moon, <br />Thereafter but soon, <br />'Why are you waxing <br />And also waning? ' <br /> <br />It smiled and said <br />'Sir, pay no heed <br />To this kind of lie <br />That your look goes by.' <br /> <br />'It's the shadow of the Earth, <br />In between the sun's path, <br />Cast over me, left or right, <br />Turns me dark or bright.' <br /> <br />I asked the hanging stars, <br />'How you twinkle across, <br />All over the night sky, <br />Brightening the milky way.' <br /> <br />They said, the Sun's light, <br />That keeps us bright, <br />In turn, we do reflect, <br />His rays, what we get. <br /> <br />I asked the blue Ocean, <br />A different question, <br />'Why you create the waves <br />Which make much noise? ' <br /> <br />It explained in brevity, <br />The theory of gravity, <br />That makes the water, <br />Rise and fall all over. <br /> <br />Why the classroom lessons say, <br />The truth in a different way, <br />That the Sun rises in the east, <br />And sets in the west? <br /> <br />That the Moon waxes and wanes, <br />While in full shape it remains? <br />That the waves are born <br />Out of the ocean and so on? <br /> <br />The teacher came with a reply, <br />When I asked him why? <br />The kids what they see, <br />Accept it simply, confusion-free. <br /> <br />Oh Sir, better teach the truth, <br />Right from their youth, <br />And let not, what is untruth, <br />Be taught from your mouth.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lesson-to-ponder-over/
