27 Reasons Why I'm a Faerie

Because the first time I came to Wolf Creek, 
ten years ago
a naked man I didn't know
embraced me tenderly and said "Welcome home."

Because I came to love this Land.
Because the creek gave me my name Standing Wave
and Grandmother Maple held my handfasting 
    and unpartnering.
Because the Naraya Tree is one of the roots 
    of my soul.
Because I have made paella and watermelon gazpacho
for eighty people in blazing summer heat in this kitchen.
Because my blood and my come are in the Mayhole.

Because my dear brother-sisters are Faeries.
Because I love Ellipsis and Lambchop and Ampersand and Sage
and Cobb and Jackpot and Stevee and Frieda B and Eric and
Andre and Jerako and Prizm and Ladybug and Iz Crow and Rabbit
and Luna and Khol and Kyle and DreamEagle and Web and Aunt B
and you
and you and you
and you love me.

Because I have circled with my sisters and my mothers and my grandmothers
and now I need to circle with my whole family.

Because I honor and support men's mysteries and faggot space.
Because I have healed and found power in women's circles,
and I want that for you too.

Because I love to see a Goddess-worshiping man.

Because I love men and all the ways you have of being men
sissyboys and drag divas and smart geeks and butch guys in skirts.
Because Faeries generally are
more playful and wise about gender
than dykes generally are.

Because nobody, but nobody, plays dress-up like the Faeries.

Because men being intimate and tender with men heals my heart.
Because you don't need me to have your feelings for you
or cook your dinner
or clean up your mess.
Because men working through their sexist programming
and their gender-role bullshit
heals my heart.

Because men who fuck men get me wet!
Because you tumble and cuff like lions
and strut your fierce plumes.
Because your sex dance is beautiful
and different than the one I learned.

Because I need community for my magic.
Because I am tired of being
the queerest person in the room at pagan events.
Because no one else I know
is working this flavor
of heart magic body magic
sacred gender theater magic
world-changing ecstatic magic
in circles under the sky.

Because you believe heart circles are important
and you have the patience for consensus
and you're not scared of chaos.

Because you honor me
as Spirit in another self
two-spirit woman
priestess
sister-goddess.

Because I honor you
as Spirit in another self
two-spirit man
priest/ess trickster
horned one elder
brother-god

who dances with Shakti at the heart of creation
whose dying makes the grain rise
whose seed is the stars of heaven.