Progress

Shovels dug into earth
gravel and sand excavated
ground levelled and firmed
foundation is laid

 

following the design

pillars erected
connected in all direction
rooms are segmented

skeletal frame silhouettes

against the sinking sun
long shadows cast
upon the receding land

skeleton morphs to walls

fragmenting each space
levels are determined
as a house takes shape

as one nears completion

another prepares to rise
as this house becomes a home
more skeletons materialize

all land beneath these structures

disappear in submission
hidden from sun and sky
to escape their derision

a shameful task of our land

succumbed to a new need
driven off creatures from habitat,
left is only human greed

these skeletal structures

standing tall against wide horizon
unashamed of their numbers
wild flowers, now just an illusion

sod is set to add the green

so all will be manicured
beauty as we know it
forever obscured

today wooden skeletons above this terrain for a hearth,

tomorrow our skeletons merged with displaced creatures, beneath the earth.