Mechanical Monsters

The drive

City to city

Only about 20 minutes

Although long for observation

Everyone sees through different eyes

Different perspectives

On this drive

I saw nothing but destruction

You won’t ever understand unless

You are seeing through the same lenses as I

Pale yellow, mechanical monsters

Tear up the earth

As they sink in their teeth

I feel their claws drag across my heart

Clouds of dust and smoke fill the air

Life burns

Emptiness replaces fullness

Once trees stood in numbers

Now a dirt field for the beasts to roam

As a sponge can only handle so much water

I can only soak up so much pain

I glance away

I find that balance between two extremes is usually the correct answer in a given situation

We have greatly upset the balance between humanity and nature