There is this journey
A portal of insight wreathed by fire
I find this staff
Channeling the magic I require
I journey with you
Crafting these exquisite moments
Meeting brilliant beings in your world
This family of liberation you have chosen
Druid spirit permeates this staff
Infusing aging wood with purpose
Sustaining this psychic inferno
Supporting me religiously—as you do
I feel so connected
Joyously infected by gender euphoria
Absorbing tantric magic
Enjoying the powers of creation and destruction
Sublimating or subsuming these binaries
We share this quest for new culture
This quest for collective self-emancipation
This quest for spiritual salvation
A path marked by hibiscus flowers blossoming
Resonant with a flood of imagination
Your staff anchors me
Helping my guide this sacred fire
This dialectic of fuel and water
The flammable and the flame retardant
Sustaining our fire of tantric desire
This staff is magic
This land is magic
Your love is medicine
Fueling my evolution
Guiding me to move like water
Flowing serpentine
Finding the path of least resistance
Drawn to the magnetic power of your being
Crafting new ways of seeing
Manifesting the joy and freedom of polyamory
Embracing compersion
My joy in your joy with other partners
My joy in our connection
Embodied by this gnarled wood
This staff of fire
This staff fueling an inferno
A sacred conflagration of grace, love, and respect
Inspired by a journey with Leslie Blackburn; @lesliecreature on IG
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2023
