{"id":3564,"date":"2025-05-11T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2025-05-11T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:42:50","slug":"ceasefire-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/ceasefire-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ceasefire&#8221; Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\r\n    <div class=\"custom-author-box\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/noukeqalamnews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img-20250511-wa0029258066970864241850.jpg\" alt=\"Author Image\">\r\n        <span class=\"author-name\">Umer Khazir<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <style>\r\n        .custom-author-box {\r\n            display: flex;\r\n            align-items: center;\r\n            position: relative;\r\n            width: 250px; \/* Set the total width of the author box *\/\r\n            margin-top: 20px;\r\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-author-box img {\r\n            width: 70px; \/* Set the image width *\/\r\n            height: 70px; \/* Set the image height *\/\r\n            border-radius: 50%;\r\n            object-fit: cover;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-author-box .author-name {\r\n            position: absolute;\r\n            left: 80px; \/* Adjust if the image width changes *\/\r\n            top: 50%;\r\n            transform: translateY(-50%);\r\n            font-size: 16px;\r\n            font-weight: bold;\r\n            color: #fff;\r\n            background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);\r\n            padding: 5px 10px;\r\n            border-radius: 12px;\r\n            white-space: nowrap;\r\n            text-overflow: ellipsis;\r\n            overflow: hidden;\r\n            max-width: calc(100% - 50px); \/* Ensures it doesn't overflow *\/\r\n            width: auto; \/* Allows width to adjust automatically *\/\r\n            display: inline-block; \/* Ensures it only takes necessary space *\/\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n\r\n    \n\n\n\n<p>They raised their hands,<br \/>not in surrender,<br \/>but in a gesture sold as peace.<br \/>A ceasefire, they said.<br \/>An end to fire,<br \/>but not to fear.<br \/>Not to grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ink had barely dried<br \/>on papers passed in shadows<br \/>when mothers still wept<br \/>for children buried under rubble<br \/>unnamed, uncounted,<br \/>unspoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They staged it like a truce,<br \/>but it was theatre.<br \/>A drama of diplomacy,<br \/>where the lead roles wore suits,<br \/>and the dead were extras<br \/>no one remembered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t peace.<br \/>It was pause.<br \/>A break in the noise<br \/>so they could count their gains,<br \/>shuffle borders like cards,<br \/>and call it balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the silence\u2014they don\u2019t speak of the silence.<br \/>It was loud with ghosts,<br \/>echoing with &#8220;why?&#8221;<br \/>And all the while,<br \/>the ones who never picked up a gun<br \/>paid the highest price<br \/>for a war they never wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So tell me,<br \/>when the fire ceases,<br \/>but the pain goes on,<br \/>can we still call it peace?<br \/>Or is it just a prettier kind of war?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They raised their hands,not in surrender,but in a gesture sold as peace.A ceasefire, they said.An end to fire,but not to fear.Not to grief. The ink had barely driedon papers passed in shadowswhen mothers still weptfor children buried under rubbleunnamed, uncounted,unspoken. 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