Yes! we have to go find all the exiles and help them find their proper place. The supplies to the folks locked up and psych Word are out on the street or prisons, but it also applies to the parts of ourselves that we lock away. If we can free our own exiles, the work becomes much clearer. Thank you so much for posting that powerful song.
I’m not convinced of the free ourselves and then.. in order to liberate my mother from a grotesque locked ward, money is of more value than the proverbial inner-freedom.. this is a tired shell game
Liberating someone from a locked ward does take money. It takes resources, advocacy, action, pressure. And it also takes clarity, grounding, connection—so we don’t burn out or break down. I hear you loud and clear: we can’t pretend “freeing our inner exiles” is enough. But if we ignore them, they might sabotage the rescue missions we do try to run.
We need both the keys and the map, both the fire and the strategy. Thank you for keeping the urgency real.
And for those
who labor in hard darkness
who live still, in the dank facilities
who do not possess the facilities t straddle all things
we have failed them
unless we go to them
they cannot leave the confines
so we must enter the spaces that reek of feces
where the mattress is turned over for another departing
we,,must get our heads out of our comfortable asses long enough
to bare witness
this is what our comforts are for
Here is a song about the Golden Thread
https://larabuckley.bandcamp.com/track/frozen-lullaby
Yes! we have to go find all the exiles and help them find their proper place. The supplies to the folks locked up and psych Word are out on the street or prisons, but it also applies to the parts of ourselves that we lock away. If we can free our own exiles, the work becomes much clearer. Thank you so much for posting that powerful song.
I’m not convinced of the free ourselves and then.. in order to liberate my mother from a grotesque locked ward, money is of more value than the proverbial inner-freedom.. this is a tired shell game
Liberating someone from a locked ward does take money. It takes resources, advocacy, action, pressure. And it also takes clarity, grounding, connection—so we don’t burn out or break down. I hear you loud and clear: we can’t pretend “freeing our inner exiles” is enough. But if we ignore them, they might sabotage the rescue missions we do try to run.
We need both the keys and the map, both the fire and the strategy. Thank you for keeping the urgency real.
I've been to that castle and know that stillness! Thanks for composing such a beautiful picture!!