Bright lights, neon signs,
Flying cars, dark skies
Crooked roads, loose cables,
Rusty doors, loosely hanging labels

A world overtaken by machines,
Artificial smiles plastered on the blinding screens,
Dirty, narrow, rowdy streets,
Advertisements being on repeat
"Upgrade your hip!
In your brain insert a chip!
Technology like never before,
So good you'll be wanting more!"

People packed in dense crowds,
The sky obscured by dark clouds
A lonely crow called from the mist,
Knowing full well, it is next on the list
Everyone must undergo, this crucial transition,
If in society, you want to keep your position

Rain pattering on the ground,
Whispers and promises, in the buzzing mayhem drowned
Densely packed buildings, obscuring death
The scarce flora left, gasping for breath
Flowers yearning for sky and air,
Is there really anything there?
Or is it all merely an illusion,
A trick of the mind, to trigger confusion?

In a hurry they all pace,
Forced themselves to erase
Eyes blank, windows shut,
A sick feeling, twisting in their gut

Stretching out from the concrete cracks,
Small weeds desperately try to cover the tracks,
Of the forgotten that had once passed

Humans there had once been vast,
Until by robots they were surpassed

In city N01,
a new form of life has its journey begun,
A city of computers, inventions and power,
That unless we are careful, will all devour

Written on the 22nd of October 2022