Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers keep growing taller

Maybe it's because there is more sky

and such a big shortage of land

Though it could be a way of saying

I am going up in our world.

But I wonder what that means

and what it's UP is UP to.

Does it really matter how high we are,

how far we have climbed the ladder

that so many call succcess.

I wonder what ladders

and higher and higher skyscrapers

have to do with the true meaning

of who and what we are 

and our value as human beings.

I wonder how we value

down to earth people

who are not stressing to have success

who do not value being wealthy

and don't need more and more things.

I wonder if our altitude

on skyscrapers

can determine who we really are.

I wonder if helping and caring about people

isn't just as good or even better.

It seems to me that people who value

all and everyone of us are the best of all.

I don't think it's because they are afraid

of heights, but they don't look down

on anyone.

Though I like the high shiny skyscapers

as for me, I'd rather climb trees. 

They are not as tall as skyscrapers

but they are high enough for me

and YES I like the view

from the top of a tree.