praying for love and praying for peace
praising the sun and craving relief
we have miscreants in power—sowing seeds of social death
we must resist in this crucial hour—fighting with every sinew and every breath
its time to exorcise the demons of white supremacy
time to heal the historic wounds of genocide and slavery
the patriarchal order has given birth to toxic masculinity
as women rise to conquer—men must cry and learn to feel
trans folk are rising—demanding more than the right to fight and die
we must amplify their voices—building power to transform and defy
this is a hymn for the hymnless—a prayer for the nonbelievers
for nirvana to emerge we must rise so distant gods can see us
to exorcise our demons is to evolve the capacity to transform
we can see our power in the moon—in the stars—and in the storms
radical exorcism—psychospiritual revelation
healing feuds and deadly schisms—building a global karmic nation
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2017
