To Madam Moon

There are several hypotheses About your origin and genesis Some argue you were born When another celestial vagabond Hit Mother Earth and had her apart torn Yet others wager You were captured By her in her cosmic sojourn Then came the fission theory You were a part of Earth Before you separated Leaving a deep scar That now is Ocean Pacific Dissatisfied ones then propounded A double-system of Earth and Moon In the primordial accretion disc Of a churning solar system That slowly put you in orbit Around our mother as her natural satellite Post man's landing on your lap These theories have lost their sap Now even some credible minds Propose that you are perhaps a hollow object Most unlike a natural satellite Ufologists are having a field day Surmising you are an emptied body Moved across galactic spans And placed in exact orbit of our mother By some supreme intelligence So that we have the tides The seasons that rain and flower Beautiful falls when maples blush And make Earth a friendly habitat A paradise in unfriendly wilderness Whatever the theories, dear Madam You lady with a grave smile As the poet said The ancients in my land Made you represent mother and mind* One who moved human emotions Like tidal waves that swayed ocean breasts So much so that an epic hero** of ours A god avatar went lachrymose Looking at you in a lonely night Separated from his abducted mate You look so beautiful and bright My heart gets wrung at your sight In lonely wintry nights Remembering an old teenage beloved Who cares if you are hollow And how you had your genesis You are there to rule my heart Make me sing songs for a love long-lost Be there in orbit My hollow madam As long as my eyes are powered to look And sing songs of love and ache Through seasons that rain and smile ________________ *In Indian astrology, moon represents mother and mind. **The lonely hero of India's epic Ramayana (Rama) , separated from his wife Sita, who was abducted by the demon-king Ravana, went profusely tearful looking at the full moon. Rama is an avatar. It implies that the moon can sway even the minds of gods.