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.