Such an interesting and lovely poem, and yes, we have come so far! We must constantly be adapting to our ever changing world. Such advancement! Your last line of this poem made me smile as well!

Love ya!

Jane

India can be very proud to be part of the exploration of space. I remember in the 1970s when talking about the Third World, we often considered India to be one of those countries that would "leapfrog" into the First World via information technology, basically skipping over heavy manufacturing. Bangalore and places like that with Indians achieving greatness all over the world in education are proving that to be true.

I wish I had thought of that image portrayed by the original poem, Silver. Long ago, I learned that humans, in order to see at night, have rod cells that only see black-and-white. We see color with cone cells, that turn off in low light. Without the rod cells, we wouldn't be able to see at night at all. People that have problems with their night vision have problems with their rod cells.

Long story short, we do see at night with shades of gray, or silver, if you will. Like a black-and-white photograph. It is only when we have sufficient light to trigger our cone cells, that we see color. Reflected moonlight from the sun is insufficient for color, but sufficient for us to see in a whole different way.

Ron

Fantastic poem, Roseline.
Your words also fit well with the ending of a Bob Dylan song...

As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’