Blinding Glitter

We have developed a strong fascination with the stars in our cities with its blinding glitter and glamor. With these sparkling distractions in our cities we fail to see the true stars in the sky.

May be we got too much use to the idea of stars and lights presented to us on a platter in our cities. May be we do not wish to see anything more beautiful and naturally inciting. Or it is just that we do not feel that we should work hard to find the glorious guiding stars who once shown our earlier civilizations directions to new lands and discoveries.

In order to see the starry sky in all its grandeur and glory, one has to train his/her eyes to ignore the stars on land and let the stars in the sky reveal themselves.

I feel that the glittering sky has exchanged places with the starry earth. So, the once sky full of stars has faded away as the lights on earth became brighter. Even though earth used to be as dark as sky seems today.