summer you linger close enough and skin ignites
Author: Elancharan இளஞ்சேரன்
Elancharan Gunasekaran is a multidisciplinary artist and poet. He has a strange love for all things poetical and Sci-Fi. A winner of the Montblanc X Esquire Six-word Story prize 2017. His latest publications are Superatomicluminal (Hesterglock Press), Gods of the Gonzo (Analog Submission Press) and The Cosmosnaut Manifesto (UndergroundBooks).
the sky glitches and every step in this wasteland is trespass
you read the fires wrong and above you the moon grinds its teeth
you taste the color of exiled minds and consciousness turns grey
ghosts of summer knock politely and slip through the door crack
the untamed sky unbuttons over a wildflower field
like a fable your wear summer’s fog
the tree offers flowers maybe fruit but never answers to your woes
among other things in the ribcage you carry a sentient fire
summer rumour: the full moon is nowhere to be found
elancharan gunasekaran 