all shades of dark we speak the language of skin
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).
do words simply shrivel up and die
do words get up when they fall
poison thyself
3am summer winds banging on the door
deeper dungeons shut off from the mind
otherworldly echoes in the concrete underbelly
spider buddha agrees that silence is a gesture
the void beyond pale curtains
for a moment the quiet house filled with lightning