When I was a child, I believed that my city was the only place that existed. At night, I thought that the sky met the mountaintops, but as my curiosity was increasing, my mother took me to new places, and my universe grew. I discovered that not everything was a mountain, that there were also valleys, coasts, and seas. Now I believe that my life will not be long enough to discover all the enigmas of the universe, but I still wonder: What is the limit of the universe? What is behind it?
Luis Olmos, age fifty-eight, is from Duitama-Boyacá, Colombia. He has lived in New York since 2019. He studies English with Michele Persaud at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. Sherin Hamad is the hub manager.