KEEPERS OF THE WAY

ON THESE FACES
APPEARS THE SIGNATURE OF STRENGTH
OF SPIRIT THAT HAS TRANSCENDED SUFFERING
OF FORCE OF CHARACTER
OF FAITH PERSISTING DESPITE TRAGEDY AND RUIN
OF THE OLD, THE REAL, LOOK
SECURE, COMELY, SERENE, HUMANE

[Photograph:  from Almost Anscestors The First Californians]