LOOKING FOR SPACE

Suddenly he got up
And switched off the lights
Saying “This room is bigger in the dark
As we cannot see the walls”
I switched on the light again
Saying “This light is actually the space
And we are often imprisoned
by walls that we cannot see”.

ZURINAH HASSAN, Malaysia

From Menghadap ke Pelabuhan/Facing the Harbour, ITBM, 2010