Lifeguard Towers
They rest on their haunches
waiting out winter
tucked away
in suspended animation
until the warmth
of summer’s sun
(along with the the assist of a tractor or forklift)
entices them to water’s edge
Spring teases
with bright skies
swimmers tiptoe
into chilly seas
but the towers know better
and will wait
for the border of
May gray and June gloom
to make their way
to their perch
along the shore
©Douillard
Thinking Through My Lens 
Great job personifying those lifeguard towers! Your opening line grabbed me right away—“haunches” is the perfect word here!
After the beach has become silent,
and only the tides are the sound
still to be heard, we climb the rungs
to gaze out to sea — wingless birds
with an eye beyond sky — and marvel
at the distance between where the sand ends
and where the horizon begins:
the moon tells her stories with
the pull of invisible words
— Kevin, here in New England, most of our lifeguard towers are single structures, spread out along the beach, and after the lifeguards go home, kids often scramble up there to watch the ocean
Our towers are also single structures, but they pick them up some time in October and store them (these near the jetty), I think to protect them from being washed offshore during the winter. Sometime before Memorial Day they distribute them along the shore. I am fascinated by how lifeguard towers vary from place to place.