If Space
If Space is ever expanding
where is it expanding to?
Isn’t that also some kind of space,
an alternative point of view?
How can something be growing forever
when I know there is always an end,
an edge, a wall, an envelope
a finale just round the bend.
I guess I’m the one who has limits,
who can’t see the endless terrain,
all the planets, the moons, suns and comets -
looks like I need a much bigger brain
where is it expanding to?
Isn’t that also some kind of space,
an alternative point of view?
How can something be growing forever
when I know there is always an end,
an edge, a wall, an envelope
a finale just round the bend.
I guess I’m the one who has limits,
who can’t see the endless terrain,
all the planets, the moons, suns and comets -
looks like I need a much bigger brain
This poem is copyright (©) Melinda Szymanik 2025
About the Writer
Melinda Szymanik
Melinda is an award-winning New Zealand author of picture books, short stories and novels for children and young adults. Notable titles include The Were-Nana (Scholastic, 2008) winner of Children’s Choice at the 2009 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards, A Winter’s Day in 1939 (Scholastic, 2013) winner of Librarian’s Choice at the 2014 LIANZA Awards, and Fuzzy Doodle (Scholastic, 2016) a 2017 White Raven selection. She also writes poetry for adults and children, and regularly teaches creative writing.
