creative writing – elancharan gunasekaran

briefly alive: a wild draft skims the teeth of waves carrying the cold from sea to body on no man’s land

her gentle purr brings back memories of long nights and unbiased calm

spring: the rainfall after dawn fills the hollow of bones

i spy with my eye: a spider divided by the poison of eight directions

in flashes of azure the kingfisher conquers the invading grey

if only you walked the same path: beyond trees the beginnings of a wildflower field

drone hum: in the dark before dawn machine and body become one

predestined nuance: each breath of cold inhaled on the edge of the coast brings back memories of the lives lived before

this bag of flesh be vessel for the sounds we gather throughout the day layer upon layer we shed becoming the foundation of dreams and the vibrations that gives us: life

a heron takes off from the rocks and the coast unburdened by the stillness breathes out a sigh of relief