Once in a.......

In the west

her sister

sets with a pinky flourish

as powder blue

changes to grey

and winter turns

to spring

in the east

she rises

golden and glorious

in the grey sky

her time to shine

slowly ascending

round and bright

in twilight

clouds too

have left the stage

the wind is resting

naked branches

stretch up to her

sky's glittering specks in charcoal

unable to match her

moonshine glow

as she casts

midnight shadows

in the half-light

she's not blue

but she's magnificent.

Wendy Bremner