Are they still coming forward,

Or merely stopped now,

Providing cover and safety.

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How should I know which it is?

Smiling happily in the mid-day sun,

Unfazed by the heat, and the impending darkness of brush fires in a nearby Mohave,

We will survive all, and await the moisture of the dewfall,

And another day.

A crisis observed and examined,

Creates a mark on the soul,

Obscuring peace just a little more.

zzzzz

Until action is taken.