Prompt: write a poem inspired by this animated version of “Seductive Fantasy” by Sun Ra and his Arkestra.
“Make something of yourself.”
The challenge of a lifetime.
But what of the something?
What is there to be made
but you?
“Find yourself.”
The mission of the masses.
But when the losing?
Where is there to search
but here?
“Be yourself.”
The struggle of society.
But whence the courage?
How the emergence of color
from shadows?