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These Children

This poem raises a powerful warning about the future of children in a time marked by increasing militarization and movements toward constitutional revision. It confronts the reality that, under the justification of national interests, war and control may come to threaten the very lives and hearts of those who should be protected most—children. Through images of their innocence, the poem calls on our human conscience, urging readers to reconsider the value of peace and to face the responsibility of safeguarding the next generation.


“ These Children” 

The monstrous ones
shrink the future of these children.
They spare no effort
in preparing for wars to come.
Militarization accelerates;
the Self-Defense Forces become an army.
Conscription is imposed,
and freedom of speech is restrained.

With a declining birthrate,
the nation’s strength gradually weakens.
Relations with other countries
shift toward alliances driven by economic interests.
Joint military exercises arise
to confront threats no single nation can handle.
But can such defenses
truly withstand the great powers assumed?

Would you place guns
into the hands of these children
and tell them to kill?
You proclaim loudly
the duty of defending the nation
and justify it.
You hollow out democracy
and rule through control.
One day, those who oppose
will be branded as traitors.

I want to protect
the lives of these children.
I want to raise their hearts
straight and true.
I want to hand them
a future filled with smiles.

Look upon the sleeping faces
of these young children.
Do not take away
their moments of peace.
Look upon their smiling faces.
Do not stain
the love that rises from your heart.
Fix in your eyes
their tearful faces.
Do not turn their pain
into something base.

The Constitution of Japan
is a norm we can be proud of before the world.
The pacifist constitution
is the only social force that protects the nation.
The renunciation of war
is the human strength
that nurtures children in health and peace.

Imagine
a grotesque world.
Are the children there
truly promised happiness?
The responsibility for that answer
is one you must bear.

 

Written on May 5, 2026. Reflecting on recent movements toward constitutional revision and military expansion, and the future of children.

 

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