ROBERT E. KERR
"Bob"

Dedicated to Corporal Daniel Gunther
a Canadian United Nations Peacekeeper
who was attacked and killed near Buci, Bosnia on 18 June 1993

TO A FALLEN PEACEKEEPER

Had I seen him fall...
I could have caught him
Eased his pain and
Bound his wounds-
He'd not have passed alone
So far from home.
Had I heard the shot
Had I seen the shooter
Had I seen him exposed
Had I been able to yell-
Had I ... had I ...
So far from home
My mind knows all the reasons
but my heart hears only the tears,
That he had to be there and fall
In somebody else's bloody business-
In the insanity of their freedom-
So far from home.

©Copyright 2003 by Robert E. Kerr

Awarded: November 2001