The Moon Rises

Now the hour has come at last, the soft and fading light
Has crossed the west horizon and has bidden us goodnight
And what a lovely night it is to walk a moonlit field
To see the softer shades that are by starlight now revealed

So why is it that now when all is quiet and at rest
When candles glow and all the world is at its very best
The ponies of Equestria should lock themselves away
To shun the moon and wait instead for sister's sunny day?

In umbra Luna est

Am I so wrong to wish that they would see things like I do?
And am I so wrong to think that they might love me too?
Why shouldn't they adore me? Is it not within my right?
I'll not be overshadowed, mine is not the lesser light

I've waited long enough now for them all to come around
And though the sun may plead and threaten
The moon will stand her ground

It comes to this at last, I will no longer yield the sky
If they cannot love but one princess alone
See, the moon is rising
She has come to claim the heavens for her own

And all will know the wonder of my dark and jeweled sky
When all the world is wrapped in an eternal lullaby
So say goodnight to this the final setting of the sun
Tomorrow dawns in darkness, the nighttime has begun

Nocte