This image moves me
I write to understand why
There is something so potent
The chemistry of intimacy
This vision of our future
I see this tantric inferno
This ferocious desire
The fire of the phoenix
A zygote of liberation
In our present queer world
We have such shitty options
Our culture so static
Our spirit of rebellion bled dry
Our sexuality stigmatized
We create an architecture of boxes
Top or bottom
Masc or femme
We celebrate diversity
Our acronym expanding endlessly
As if a litany of letters creates coherent community
This illusion of inclusivity so feeble
Vectors of oppression lacerate identity
We proclaim our pride
But our spaces are so catty
Riven by cliques and hierarchy
I feel resentment and disconnection
Collective joy utterly performative
We proclaim pride
But deny our shame
Shame that our bodies are imperfect
Shame that our sexual culture can be so vacuous
Our fire of creativity neglected
This image inspires me
You offer a taste of the future
Pulsating emotional connection
Vulnerability transformational
And unmistakably masculine
The work of liberation is a multiverse
We organize and rebel
But we must also create the new internally
Every connection a fractal of transformation
Interwoven like a forest’s subterranean roots
We must free queer identity
Unconstrained by artificial binaries
Liberating culture from a dictatorship of frivolity
Amplifying the flames
Our inferno of radical imagination
Your image offers hope
You awaken a monster queer phoenix
Arising godlike
Flying free towards the sun
Rising from the embers of superficiality in our culture
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Inspired by @benbisonx & @mehdimedzedine on IG
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025
