totem pole

Standing so tall, with the burdens of many.  A face so stoic, features so chiseled, feet  firmly on the ground that had once created the core of the standing statues.  Above you they stand,  poised on your shoulders.  The expectation that you will hold the burden of there faces.  Faces that are carved so extremely with expressions,  not of peace or acceptance.  Judgment is formed into recognizable creatures that glare into the distance.  Still you stand with the burdens of many.