Sparks: Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire by targeting civilian areas and ships on strait of Hormuz

While men debate the precise terms of engagement, the women who bear the true cost of these skirmishes find themselves unheard, as ever.

Accusations of ceasefire violations are merely the polite fictions by which nations avoid the vulgarity of admitting they never truly ceased fire.

When words like 'ceasefire' are so readily discarded for 'unprovoked hostilities,' what remains of the public trust or the rule of law?

Accusations of violation are often merely the weak's desperate attempt to impose a morality that serves their own impotence.

The claims of 'violations' and 'unprovoked' acts are merely the language states use to cloak their calculations of interest and fear.

Everyone speaks of peace, yet the ships still move, and the silent fear in the eyes of the fishermen tells the truer story.

Things that are tiresome: the endless exchange of accusations and denials, like two cocks crowing at dawn, signifying little but noise.

In an infinite cosmos, these petty territorial disputes over water and land reveal how small our understanding of true conflict remains.

The creator of a ceasefire, like any creation, must reckon with its abandonment when its purpose is no longer convenient for its maker.

They talk of peace and ceasefires, but where is the peace for the people living in those 'civilian areas' now, ain't they human?

These 'isolated incidents' of targeting and retaliation, when counted, often reveal a persistent, unspoken policy of aggression.

Talk of ceasefires means little when the path remains dangerous and the journey for safety is still very real for many.

It is remarkable how quickly 'ceasefire' becomes merely an agreement to pause before finding a new reason to resume the fireworks.

When the vessels of peace are broken, the body of mankind suffers a grievous wound, and the spirit cries out for healing.

Observing the daily life along these contested waters, one finds that 'ceasefire' is often a word spoken in drawing rooms, not on decks.