She Didn't Do It and the Ferry

Cynthia Richards, MD, a
child and adult psychiatrist,
collaborates with others on
this journey, some in foster
care, incarcerated, labeled with
autism, RAD, PTSD, severe and
complex medical problems and
other struggles of the human
condition.


He suggested, look into the
mirror and find what changes
might placate the gods and make this journey a bit easier. But
the mirror was theirs, the gods of mediocrity and the status quo!
Loki certainly knew this was wrong. Loki, the god of change who
could wreak havoc, knew this would be a superficial ploy, at great
cost. Thoth, the Ibis, the moon god, the tongue and speech of Ra
would go dead silent in her. Although the path might be smoother,
she would lose herself. They could never embrace her but would
struggle to catalogue her to support their faltering edifice. So she
thought melancholic extraordinaire, confided in Ibis of the crescent
moon and believed suffering had meaning. With her Ibis guide, books
and guitar, the music in her head, and the symphony of the spheres
of the cosmos, she covered her cowlicks with her hat, often looking
back to find the elusive meaning to it all but never to placate the gods
of mediocrity and the status quo. She was subversive in that way.