These Four Walls

• by Amalini De Sayrah 
• - on 09/01/2015 

We like to admit that we’ve moved past that and are moving forward but conflict scars a nation in ways that can’t always be healed. Our places are beautiful – sea, lagoon, river, forest, mountain – but our spaces are hurt – bombs, bullets, mortar, shells, fire. Our land will change with each coming rain, with water constantly on the move and leaves growing through and over the damage left by man. Brick and plaster won’t; someone will tend to their wounds, bandaging them or leaving them open for curious eyes, but they will remain marked.

The Public Library, Jaffna

These Four Walls by Thavam Ratna