#CityscapeChronicles

Inspired by [Mountain Building : by Victor Hernández Cruz ]


The cityscape: a canvas of life,
Skyscrapers reaching for the sky,
Like giant sequoias in a concrete forest.
Windows reflecting the sun's dance,
Is this cityscape a circuit board,
With pulsating energy, electric veins
Connecting heartbeats?

In the horizontal metropolis, dreams take flight,
From the windows of high-rise nests,
And though what you see are a bustling city,
Its nature's heartbeat throbs within.
It's nature taking an escalator,
Through urban canyons, leading to
Subterranean trails. They say from Brooklyn
And Manhattan,
A concrete jungle like the subway in
Constant motion.

The streets wander in your deep thoughts,
Neon lights make music in the
Heart of noise.
What are we stepping on? Asphalt fields kissed by rain,
Concrete earth, later the sands of the
Atlantic.
The sculpture of the inner city,
Down there where you thought only subways
And unnamed rats parade.

John...