p Mark Antony Raines 2026/ppbr/ppAcross the fields where autumn whispers low,/ppThe iron harvest scarred the ancient soil./ppBeneath the crosses row on silent row,/ppLie youth and hope, consumed in bitter toil./ppA generation lost in mud and wire,/ppWhere hollow trenches swallowed up the sun,/ppAnd fields dissolved in deafening sheets of fire,/ppBefore the bitter, hollow peace was won./ppYet peace was brief. The embers caught anew,/ppAcross the oceans and the ruined lands./ppA darker shadow stretched, a deeper blue,/ppForged in the grip of devastating hands./ppThe cities wept beneath the midnight skies,/ppAnd oceans churned with iron and with fear,/ppWhile history watched with tear-exhausted eyes,/ppAs grief outlived each agonizing year./ppNow quiet winds sweep over field and stone,/ppWhere poppies bloom to guard the nameless dead./ppLest we forget the seeds of wrath outgrown,/ppAnd paths where human sorrow darkly tread./p