Godless children of a different race
Our hearts are split and our brains feverish
slowly descending, soaked head to toe
into songs that contain only air
I twist the lock, your twisted face, a warped kite
Floating across ceilings,
You have decided to spread
a smile wide as the day, light up the dim structure of your face
Like blow torches growing mad above the taste of ashes
You have decided to smile
this one last time
Aakriti Kuntal, Excerpt from ‘A Room So Still and Silent It Hurts,’ Darker Objects
“This experience is something that will always stay with me. I am grateful for the chance to live this synergy, this ripe coalescence of minds.”
–Aakriti Kuntal
Aakriti Kuntal is a poet, writer, and visual artist whose work has been published in The Night Heron Barks, IceFloe Press, Panoply, and Poetry at Sangam among others. She was awarded the Reuel International Prize 2017, shortlisted for the RL Poetry Award 2018, and nominated for the Best of the Net.
You can find more of Aakriti’s writing and art on Instagram @aakriti_kuntal and @cellophanearcs.
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