We Expand On Collapse

Steele structures, rising upward to vast heights,
up and out, manifest destiny, up and out,
at the tops, small lights that used to blink
reds, greens,
magnificent stars shining in unison,
they all rust and become weak,
climbing their curling stairs,
now a danger,
each step, a trial, a tribulation,
insides gutted by times effortless trials,
so swift,
so unforgiving.
rusted machines lining the roads,
once moving, now abandoned clutter,
times cruel reminder of insecurity.
glass glimmering from broken lamp posts,
smashed windows, Kristallnacht,
abandoned apartment buildings,
expensive high rises,
the rubble still there.
The remains of denim designer jeans,
torn and disassembled,
strewn through each of the streets,
high jungle weeds grow through the concrete,
entire sidewalks devoured by swamp grass,
bits of planes strewn from corners,
finding their paths through desolated buildings that burned for months.
Some things are constant,
the wind still blows, the sun still shines,
the sky still blue.
Silence,
my ears are deaf with silence.