The malady and remedy

When you
 treat the mind
 what do you erase?
 what infection
is decimated?
 what do you
 pluck and discard?
 What goes bad?
 What percentage?
 what is cured?
 If it is intangible
 how do you know
 if the treatment
 has taken effect?
 If the insane thoughts
 are plucked clean off
 what remains?

 Is madness
 some dirt
 to be
 mopped
 off the floor?
 Or is it mud
 to be scraped
 off the heel
 of one's shoe?


 how can you
 separate
 a person
 from his
 thoughts
 beliefs
 emotions
 personality?

 Is the body
 the shell
 able to
 survive on its own?
 In a mindless state

 Aren't we
 missing
 something there?


 And lastly
, who decides
 what is insanity
 and who is to be
 called insane
 How do we know
 that the remedier
 himself
 is not afflicted
 with the malady?