Answer:
A shimmering field that reaches far. Yet it has no tracks, And is crossed without paths.
Fuels backyard get-togethers
A morbidly-named body of water
What goes in the water red, and comes out black?
I march before armies, a thousand salute me. My fall can bring victory, but no one would shoot me. The wind is my lover, one-legged am I. Name me and see me at home in the sky.
I have two eyes in the front and a lot of eyes on my tail