Telescopes, our gateway to see the past

Telescopes our gateway to see the past

Are not the Telescopes to see the sky, stars

That’s right how do we see the stars

By their lights, when the stars far far off

Light years away the lights from them are from the past

That’s how the telescopes are gateway to the past

Though universe formed some 14 billion years ago

Only after few million years the first lights started

As the first stars formed sending off the lights

So theoretically possible to see those first moments

Yet no way to see the big bang forming the universe

In as much as the lights were after few million years

Grandeur and expanse of the vast universe

Makes it possible to peer into the past

Telescopes are no doubt our gateway and gift

To see the stars free from atmospheric disturbances

There are space telescopes aboard spacecrafts

Hubble one of the them James Webb telescope to follow suit

There are radio telescopes receiving just radio signals

Be thankful the universe across light years be thankful to telescopes

Set up telescopes in dark remote locations to see the past

Save them in memory, record them in pictures great

Nebulae, galaxies, stars, star clusters, black holes what not

Let’s make a whale of time seeing the past

Hug the telescopes, peer into them, enjoy the most

-Mohan Sanjeevan