The sun is a king
A tyrant slumbering
Left by his lunar paramour
behind his cumulo-nimbus chambers.
Us, his audience, ascend the hill
Like besotted fools await his awakening.
We watch with watery eyes
As the rest of his subjects scramble
To welcome his rising.
The king blinks, bats a burning eye
behind the clouds.
The mountains quiver in anticipation.
The ocean, his mistress, is crimson with jealousy
And blushes orange and red
Mirroring her far-flung fury.
The wind blew the trump
Announcing the king’s arrival.
The trees hushed their murmur
And the grass gazed upward
As the clouds parted their curtains
To reveal the king in his blinding glory
Ascending towards his throne.
His cape trailed wisps of orange and yellow
Billowing beneath his celestial feet.
We, humans, stared from the painted pill-boxes,
Spectators of a celestial spectacle
Small, seemingly insignificant.
We bowed and made obeisance
Together, squinted our eyes
With the mountains and the sea
And welcomed the wandering deity
To rule in ruthless splendor.
Another day.