Keep watching.
Keep helping.
Do not stop now
when the road rises up
and we near the brow
of the hill.
From the top we will see
both the way we have come
and where we shall be
once we descend
the other side
now unknown.
keep climbing.
Tired and worn,
soul-sore and forlorn,
we must trudge on.
Despite the sirens which warn
of incoming cyber
and missile attacks.
Prepare to fight back.
Find strength to continue.
There is no going back.
Peace of mind is the price we pay
standing outside comfort zones,
as day follows night,
to defeat the evils which delight
despots and autocrats.
Goodness and mercy light our way.
Be not afraid. Stay the course.
All roads come to an end;
unlike rainbows,
which use our tears
and the sunlight of truth
to color a new world
where peace can rebuild
new cities on the hill.
annarino writes 