Because while you’re sleeping comfortably in an AC cooled room, there’s individuals who are tossing and turning in a heat wave because fans aren’t enough
Because while you cook a homemade meal, there are individuals who eat the same thing over and over again because everything else they bring ‘home’ gets stolen (if they’re able to eat at all)
Because while you have space to lounge and make memories with the ones you love in your own space, there are families crammed into a tiny room with barely any room to move (with nowhere else to go because of an affordable housing crisis)
Because while you may see it as ‘at least you have…’, those on the other side are being stripped of what should be basic rights (such as a safe home with access to necessities) but that’s become a luxury because of various factors
Because while you may have a support system, there are individuals who lost there’s because a wolf in sheep’s clothing slowly stripped it away
Because while you see black and white, others live in an immensely dark gray zone
Because what you see isn’t always what it seems
Because nobody wants to talk
Because nobody wants to dig below the surface
Because the human factor got lost
And replaced with a ‘one size fits all’
Island of Misfit Mamas 