Those with advice to give
have the luxury of
visiting the looking glass.
They can fall down the rabbit hole
8 hours a day....
Often perplexed
by the weird and the strange
the marginalized people
who make wonderland
their home.
Those - through no fault of their own
forced to live
on the fringe of society,
with the harshness of:
poverty - homelessness
discrimination of
gender
race
age
****** orientation...
What appears to the main stream
as wonderland,
A life the blind call a choice
is the cruel and heartless world
many call home.
Where the path of least resistance
offers options like
drug dealer
gang banger
prostitution
****
death...
Drugs and weapons are easy
education is a pipe dream
hunger and thirst
a constant companion.
To us
this is the norm.
And if
by the grace of God
(or whatever you consider holy)
one manages to escape
the quagmire...
to live- no matter how briefly
in Alice's side,
One can fully learn to
appreciate the meaning of
Ignorance is bliss...
Remember!
The Hatter doesn't know he's mad-
that's a label
you've imposed
and only has meaning
on your side
of the looking glass...