PLANETARY ASCENSION: a viral manifesto

this is not a drill
circumnavigates our globe in tandem with the relative scale of contemporary social dysfunction

this is a moment for what is to be done
a moment for protection from this infection: for connection and introspection

this is a moment that calls for all of us to breathe
and look out for each other
and again, not forget to breathe

we can imagine transformed futures if we deepen our roots in this moment
if we rally our troops and shape mud with our boots in this moment

its time to bring our stars into alignment
time to bring our values and our choices into alignment

cuz this is NOT a drill
the lives of tens of millions of our most vulnerable are on the line

we are fractals in formation
let us be catalysts for a moment of planetary ascension
let us celebrate our interdependence and rise as a cohesive body politic shorn of exploitation, oppression, and the tyranny of profit

this poem draws inspiration from the mistress of energy known as LOLOLI

photo by CONRADO MULUC >> @conradomuluc

–BYPO PHOENIX c)2020