DownIWentUpICame

There is a point 
during oppression when the 
brain flips this switch 
occurs only in survivors 
and never in those 
who relinquish their autonomy 
to their now accepted 
newly elected brutal tyrants 
The mind shatters sending 
shards of itself to 
the far reaches of 
the universe in an 
attempt to find a 
hospitable home a place 
where it can rest
When my mind flipped 
it turned to the 
planet of Humor orbiting 
a far off star 
called Incomprehensible and I
allowed myself the luxury 
of a tidbit of 
insanity because I knew 
that the reality in
which I found myself 
was so far beyond 
So I dipped my 
toe into the detachment 
pool then slowly began 
to wade having tied
a rope about myself 
mooring me to sanity
from which I could 
follow to pull myself 
free once this torment 
was over like a 
bad psychedelic trip down 
Alice’s own rabbit hole 
I can only now 
recall this dark adventure 
having finally at last 
climbed my highest peak 
free from the clouds 
and now feeling sun