The Antidote

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The Antidote

“I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of

the mind.”--Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

It is one thing to have no real access to freedom, to be 

in chains or behind bars, but quite another when your

your body can, or will not respond to your commands; 

its rebellion simmering for decades, stripping away 

dexterity, strength, function & balance--until one dawn

you become trapped in your home, and everything

that you consider to be your self as a person is just

painfully stripped away, torn asunder.

Then comes the panic & insomnia, wrapped in a

terrible mantle of fear--of darkness, of sleep, of demons,

even death. The key to egress, to homeostasis, is

within. Feed the mind, break the chains.

There is a breaking

point for each of us, but the

mind can restore all.

Glenn Buttkus

Posted over at dVerse Poets