by: suavd55@gmail.comPosted on: March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 “The Man Who Silenced the World for Peace” The Rebel Poem. He craves the Prize of Peace, The Nobel’s highest crown of grace. And why should it not be his? For he has brought tranquility to the entire human race. He planted peace in smaller nations, By taxes heavy, silence bought; He sealed their mouths with iron chains, And called the stillness “peace” he wrought. He seized the fuel beneath their soil, Strangled their economies tight, And in the choking quiet born, He named it peace beneath his might. With bombs he silenced little girls, Their chirping voices stilled at last; Where laughter once rang bright and wild, Now only sacred silence passed. He waged his wars with smiling ease, Turned nations into ash and dust; Now perfect quiet rules the land— Behold! True peace at last, he trusts. The soldiers slain, their families broken, He granted them eternal rest; The widows, orphans, mothers weeping— He hushed their hearts inside their chest. Journalists who dared to speak, He threatened till their voices died; The press lay mute in perfect calm— A tranquil sea where truth once cried. He pacified the struggling poor, He silenced farmers in their fields; Their ancient rights torn from their hands, He gave them peace that never yields. By force of arms he forged his peace, With weapons sharp and iron will; Yet he declares the world must not Possess the arms that he holds still. “You may not build the tools of war,” He warns, “for you might break the peace.” The right to silence belongs to him— All others must their protests cease. He claims the sacred right to ask For Peace’s glittering, golden prize. If it is not bestowed on him, He’ll silence those who dare deny. For he has brought the world its peace— A quiet carved from blood and flame. We raised him to the highest throne. Now give the man his Nobel name. And if the Prize still stays away, Fear not— he’ll bring one final peace: He’ll hush the judges, hush the world, And grant us all eternal cease. Suhas Avhad (Poetry, LitNova)
