Allegory [Architectural Thesis]

As the tower fell and hit the ground
My surroundings were looking like a battleground
No life to be seen nor a single sound
Just graves exposed without a single mound
Had me thinking that the old buildings must have drowned
Swallowed by the earth without a remanence found
Looking down thinking there’d be skeletons round
But it was pile foundations sticking out of the ground
Thinking to myself who did this?
Then I looked to see something in the distance
It was a building alone in existence
Powerful in contrast a symbol of resistance
Walking over getting close to the facade
Only to see a mask that covering up the scars
Of a ghost left behind, a form so refined
Showing the inverse of a home lost in time
I just walked through to a staircase in between
Reached the top and saw something making me intrigued
A platform leading to a way inside
A tunnel cutting through connecting either side
With no idea how to feel at all
I just stood on the platform looking at them all
Every grave that was visible across the site
Up until another ghost appeared in my sight
As I walked into the next space
Something about the place made me feel fresh faced
Contrasting like a day and night
The only rest-bite was coming through the rays of light
Then I walked out and seen the other side
Where the pile foundations had an odd design
Imprints embedded in the concrete form
Were words from the people who were living before
Reading “Save Central Hill” but I couldn’t be sure
Until I heard it scream at me and I fell to the floor
Taken back I had to take a seat
Overwhelmed but for them I couldn’t take defeat
Incomplete but still I persevered with hope
Till I seen the final ghost sitting in its slope
Walking to the hills I was getting close
But you see this ghost - I think it lost the most
A plain mass with no indents to be seen at all
Apart from a single opening within its walls
Walking through to get a peek inside
If you see what I seen, you probably would have cried
An empty living room below a mezzanine
STRIPPED OF ALL LIFE before my very eyes
The kind of thing that you can’t disbelieve
Deceit being forced on these communities
I made my way to the courtyard so I could leave
Just to see the line white and calling out for me
Feeling eerie as I stepped into the walkways
Seeing openings to the tunnels in its doorways