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What Peace Prize Are You Talking About!

Written amid escalating tensions in the Middle East in early 2026, this poem fiercely criticizes military action by a major power and the political ambitions behind it.

It questions the contradictions between international law, legislative approval, alliances, and the exercise of power carried out in the name of “peace.”

With anger directed at the sacrifice of children’s lives, the poem portrays the danger of war expanding globally, the looming economic consequences, and the collapse of diplomacy. It stands as a sharp work of social and political protest.

 

What Peace Prize Are You Talking About!

 

You did it now.

You attacked Iran.

Schools were shelled, children died.

As if casualties are inevitable, you kill without blinking.

 

You did it now.

International law never entered your sight.

You slyly sought the Nobel Peace Prize.

You forced impossible demands and plotted regime change.

 

You did it now.

You never clearly explained the objective.

You never showed why the attack had to happen now.

You never sought congressional approval nor coordinated with allies.

You strengthened a self-righteous state that ignores even the separation of powers.

 

You did it now.

Israel claims preemptive strikes in the name of self-defense.

The brutal assault on Gaza continues even now.

In wartime, it suits the selfish man in command.

Soldiers hungry for slaughter kill children.

 

You did it now.

The signs of a Third World War begin to show.

Blocked in a tariff war, the man turns his spear elsewhere.

He diverts attention under the pretext of regime change in Iran.

He tries to recover lost support at the cost of American soldiers’ lives.

Will sparks spread across the entire Middle East?

 

You did it now.

The Persian Gulf may be sealed off.

Oil tankers may no longer pass.

Japan, dependent on Middle Eastern oil, cannot remain indifferent.

The damage to economies and daily life will be immeasurable.

 

You did it now.

Under the banner of counterterrorism, diplomacy collapsed.

You even kicked away the negotiating table and let resentment explode.

There are men no different from Vladimir Putin of Russia.

The ordinary peace of daily life can be shattered at any time.

The dry tears of children will never serve as deterrence.

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