lights flash extending potent and penetrating rays
i contemplate the cosmos absorbed in its seductive gaze
with every passing instant i grow into this strength
i fathom the galaxy’s width, its depth, and its length
our backyard was pregnant with potent energy
temples inscribed in the earth open for only my eyes to see
soldiers marching onward inspired by noble truth
clad in brilliant kaffiyas and wearing studded combat boots
absorbed in imaginative pop my brain was engulfed in a wormhole
a matrix from distant stars reaching deep into my soul
this is manic zen at its zenith and at its spiritual peak
i feel zephyrs moving within and hear ancestors as they speak
we must embrace neurodiversity and amplify its effects
we need all the weapons in our arsenal to confront the rising cult of death
i am bypo phoenix evolving into something new and more
i find sustenance and power in transformative community and sacred lore
lets wed the prophecy of nina to huey’s manic genius
we must absorb the insight of baldwin while worshipping the rising polymorphic phoenix
we will evolve or die trying in these apocalyptic times
we will transform resistance into insurrection styled fly by the radical imagination of our tribe
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2017
