spring after the rain the rift between humans and the wild grows wider
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).
noon light shadows shrink beneath the gaze of the banyan tree
extinction protocol: shadows collect in a basin hidden away from the sun
first light: a gentle conversation with an old soul
the soulful glitter of mineral veins and a millipede curls itself under a leaf
raven perched against a broken tree limb we speak the ancient riddle of eyes
fractured skylines and timelines: moss gathers in loving clusters under the shade
the city growls: birdsong scatters far beyond dingy walls and melancholic alleys
the gecko agrees and somewhere in the darkness of spring a dragon emerges from its concrete lair determined to burn this cruel world to the ground
still standing the in shallow stillness of march: a shadow of my former self
