Progress
You filled this world with crystal ogres
Forever stretching to embrace the sky
And forever falling short, for the sky has run away.
You replaced it with aluminum siding
Hoping those of us who cared wouldn't notice the difference
You summoned more ogres to block out the sun
For once beautiful crystal has turned into clay

You filled this world with the spouts of angry whales
Gushing forth the mists of death
Now no one dares to play the Ahab,
For fear of the disapproval of those who love
The bitter-sweet scent of profit
Above all else

You don't like snakes
So you had them all come before you
And you killed them
You ran them over
And flattened them
Stretching them out 
To become smooth pathways through the wilds
That used to be home

You brought others on these paths too
To walk the road of progress with you
You say you're moving forward
Toward the future
And if I don't join the great parade
I too will get left behind in the wilds
At the mercies of the terrible creatures who live there

I will gladly be left behind
If it means freedom
From society's great accomplishments
Leave me my forests 
My fields
My oceans 
To explore
My friends
The spirits
The monsters
The stuff of fantasy you say

Only because you are so blinded by your
Ambitions
Accomplishments
Progress
You can not see what I see every day
You will not find happiness
But progress is getting progressively faster
And now it is coming my way 
Do I run
Fight
Or die
?