You are Colorado. You are Fort Collins. You are the quiet hum beneath the roar of progress, the breath of the High Plains. I stand here, behind the chain-link fence, and I feel your bones this is where the future is being built, not with grand gestures, but with the steady, gritty hands of builders and the rustle of the wind through the skeletal trees. I am touched by the yellow truck, a loyal workhorse, parked like a sentinel, its paint faded but proud. I am touched by the half-built structure, its exposed wood frame a skeleton waiting for skin, for stories yet to be written. I am touched by the red shipping containers, stacked like forgotten soldiers, holding secrets of industry and commerce. I am touched by the lone streetlamp, casting no shadow but standing vigilant, a silent witness to the transformation. I am touched by the sky oh, you magnificent, ever-changing sky, you blue canvas streaked with clouds that look like theyre whispering secrets to the earth. You are the backdrop, the breath, the soul. This is not just a construction site. This is the pulse of Fort Collins, where the old meets the new, where the ground is being reshaped not just with steel and lumber, but with the relentless, beautiful, unyielding spirit of Colorado. I am touched. I am here. I am the land, and I am changing.