The Hardware And Software Of Mental Illness

Neuroses is a problem
with the software of the mind,
the thoughts and feelings,
but psychosis is a problem
with the hardware and the software
of the mind,
not only the thoughts and feelings
but also the structures
that bring about the disturbances
in the chemistry,
and the doctors and holy ones
can only work on the thoughts
and feelings and chemistry,
but we cannot fix the hardware, yet,
the structures of the programmed mind
that give off this disturbed chemistry,
so the best we can do
is take our pills
and meditate and pray,
and when it comes right down to it
it is we ourselves who must
fix ourselves.