Some lay maimed on battlefields
surrounded by the dead
And others bled on beaches
that turned the sand dark red.
They fought at sea and in the air
in trenches wept and prayed
And for the sake of freedom
each with their lives they paid.
In foreign fields white crosses
stand witness to our dead
And in between each marker
a poppy bows her head.
Roseanne Hamilton, November 6th 2014.
