The damage of war
Pockmarked landscape,
Fresh wounds
Unclosed.
Lies and silences
Lying beneath,
Fresh wounds
Unclosed.
The courage to open
The rotten truth,
Will be with those who have borne witness
Opened.
Fresh summer flowers
Dependable as night becomes day
Sunshine snow, dark light,
Open to change…
We can make a difference
Unclosed, open,
I rededicate my life
To this work!
Shirley Gunn
South Africa
written after visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, june 2015