Prismatic Emergence

Prismatic Emergence

Creating Your Star Storm

(done in a villanelle style)

By Sara Kate Egan

Does a drab world, all cloaked over in the grimness of a stale grayscale sound pleasant to you?

Pleasantville certainly isn't so pleasing amidst its portrayal of this sad scheme, awash with bland bleakness

Not until the unbelievably brilliant bursts of rainbow-infused beauty begin to bravely break through

Here's to you, tiny yet plucky, bright green shoots, sprouting up ever so proudly and gloriously, as each springtime starts anew

Pushing through high piles of snow-soaked leaves and sticky mud, all merged into one flavorless stew of mucky, mushy gooiness

Does a drab world, all cloaked over in the grimness of a stale grayscale sound pleasant to you?

Here's to you, bold and diligent monarch caterpillar, for never ceasing to mesmerize the masses with your most magical Act 2

Peeking through soft glimpses of sunlight, as you slowly become your own weightless ray of light, full of vivid color and joyous playfulness

Not until the unbelievably brilliant bursts of rainbow-infused beauty begin to bravely break through

Here's to you, lonely yet spunky little goose among ducks - of schoolyard fame - and your daring doppelgänger (the gray duck) too

Waddling through countless childhoods, charming and championing winning qualities like quirkiness, individuality, and uniqueness

Does a drab world, all cloaked over in the grimness of a stale grayscale sound pleasant to you?

Here's to you - to all of you - and to all of us who call to let our many lovely colors and special stories sing out, ring loud, and stay true

Bleeding through, transforming into rich, scarlet red roses, shimmering mystically in the sunshine, and even turning into sparkled darkness

Not until the unbelievably brilliant bursts of rainbow-infused beauty begin to bravely break through

Here's to truth, and to living our own truths; to the resilient shoots, to the graceful caterpillar, to the strong-willed gray duck and goose

Circling through - to most importantly - never stop showing off our inner star blast, in all of its glittered glory and wonder and grandness

Does a drab world, all cloaked over in the grimness of a stale gray scale sound pleasant to you?

Not until the unbelievably brilliants bursts of rainbow-infused beauty begin to bravely break through