The Architecture of Destruction

Life in a protected, urban environment had kept us hidden from the impacts we made. As we built more, we took more, and could not replace earth’s resources at the same speed we grew. As we strived for taller buildings we forgot what had been taken below.
As our cities expanded, we built above the water. From my window I see distant trees being collected and burned for energy. Below, I watch our waste flow into the ocean. We as a species failed to act on climate change. For too long, we were hidden from witnessing our planet diminish beneath us. We are now left with towers that appear as monsters consuming anything natural in their path. The ideas of visionaries who once proposed sustainable cities remain only as stories to us. One can only wonder what life would be like if we were exposed to this destruction earlier.