the cold of dawn consents to the softening of limbs
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).
a gentle and final word guides the falling feather to a bed of moss
the autumn tide brings memory of warm and dark bodies in carnal debauchery
in the shadows the hunter watches the rustling of autumn leaves a ritual without language
calm and unhurried the weaver god floats down from the autumn moon on a silver strand
quiet the dwelling as bodies bare begin a ritual of belonging
skin is the script i choose to read from as touch ripples across the flesh
a dry leaf on an open path waits for the gentle breeze to guide it into the next phase of life
night learns tenderness but careful not to break its quiet trance
limbs uncoil and stretch the body remembers that somewhere beyond this concrete darkness is a gentle sun
elancharan gunasekaran 