Call this what you like, it is only an expression of my thoughts.

Once, all that was heard in the mornings, was the laughter of children,
bartering of customers, and slow music of folk songs
In the evening, the family settings, the pride the joy,
and the silence of  prayers.

One could smell the wet grass, in the marches of South Iraq,
or the bread and tea, at the break of dawn,
They could see the beginning, of a sharp and strong civilisation,
and perhaps the dawn of a new era.

A new era indeed, a dark one too.
All this before 1979 suddenly vanished.

Replaced it was, with hush and haste as people scurried,
not wanting to remain on the streets longer than necessary
The wetlands became a refuge, not an enjoyment
and the uprising of a new leadership, blistered with lack of morality and humanity.

But many years later, they recovered.
This dark age was over, they thought.
They had lost many loved ones, their childhoods, their nation, their identity, and their trust.
But they were slowly returning to what they wanted originally.

And today. It starts again.
When will this cycle be over?

That ideal for their nation, the one that the people desired.
It is not a crime to want something as that. Peace should not be considered a crime.
Religious, linguistic and racial differences are not rational triggers for war.

And since when has a war been a solution to anything? When is it absolutely necessary to dictate a land of innocent people, and cause darkness and force your way through?
The whole world is against you.
But that doesn't stop you.
'In the name of religion' you say.
But is this really? Is this what religion stated? Because truthfully, if it were, I am no longer a Muslim.
Religion did NOT ever support such immorality, and you shameless people know that very well.
You simply tag your intentions with such a pure thing, knowingly demonizing it.

Who do you think you are? You are in no place to force people into believing something.
And don't you dare compare yourself to the armies of prophets of before, or of their proceeding Imams for that matter.
For they would never intentionally or unintentionally instill that fear into people.

But through all of this, I feel sorry for you.
Because today we unite, everybody else. And we know that what we lose, we lost in true spirit of Islam.
Because we did not comply with your expectations.
We fought back.
And the strength we have does not lie in our weaponry, you fools, but in our hearts and faith.

Bring back the old days that defined Iraq.