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Lava's avatar

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

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Sascha Altman DuBrul's avatar

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.

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Lava's avatar

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

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Sascha Altman DuBrul's avatar

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.

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The Mad Preschool Teacher's avatar

I've been to that castle and know that stillness! Thanks for composing such a beautiful picture!!

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