Monochrome

Mutely monochromatic,
The moon in a silent sky.
Swollen,
Coarsely corpulent,
Glistening grey.

Monochromatic,
Like Joan Crawford
Or Bette Davis
In an old, old movie,
Brilliantly beautiful
Or beautifully brilliant?

Shivering in monochrome,
Missing the warmth of red
Or butter-yellow,
A bleak, post-winter noon.

Blissfully monochromatic,
Wearing a lifetime
Lived internally,
Partly intellectually,
Grey hair and greying.
Colourless,
Not bland.