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