Remembrance An Ode to Steadfast Ghosts.

 

We stand in solemn tribute, our hearts heavy with the weight of history, first remembering the legions lost in the trenches of the Great War and the unforgiving theatres of the Second World War—the youth extinguished beneath poppies and the silent heroes entombed beneath foreign soil. Yet, our remembrance stretches beyond those familiar battlefields, reaching back through the ages to salute every soul swept away by the merciless currents of conflict: the anonymous soldiers of ancient empires, the defenders of forgotten citadels, and the countless civilians of every nation and creed whose lives were abruptly truncated by violence. This is an ode that transcends uniform and allegiance, a universal recognition of the shared, grievous human cost, ensuring that the silence of all the fallen, regardless of the banner they served under, remains a profound and unrelenting call for enduring world peace.