What shows
how little
we know?
What can be is
oft far less than
what we expect.
What is now
has never been
what it was.
07/25/2024 j.g.l.
Urban sprawl, now vertically inclined,
sacrificing our skyline.
Everywhere we look, sky-high density,
our common view condensed in an
uncommon sense of overdevelopment
and zoning changes.
Our perspective shifts
as familiar landscapes are altered into
sites we have never before seen, but
will grow to know.
The population increases, yet
the humanity of it all is diminished.
Progress is never what it appears to be.
© 2024 j.g. lewis