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Second Skin
I was born in a home wrapped in flesh and blood nutrients oozing through its walls beating with the rhythm of my own heart I was brought up in a home with a hundred helping hands carrying me around in circles hugging and holding my tender body I lived in a home of dust and smoke soot layered in the walls and floor washed with water, oil and soap I left a home sunlight filtering through the ceiling creepers crawling across its walls with smells of wood and metal Homes grew aro
swarnamanjari chellapandi
Nov 27, 2025


Concrete Jungles
"me gusta la ciudad. También me gusta el campo." View of Mumbai from Kanheri Caves, Maharashtra. During a particular monsoon in Goa, the...
swarnamanjari chellapandi
Aug 24, 2025


White hair of Wisdom - Or Worry?
Some days earlier, a strand of hair peeked out. Innocent, scared and doubtful. Was it the light? Or, Was it really white? Tilting my head...
swarnamanjari chellapandi
Jun 18, 2025


the mountains are calling
Beneath a sea of blue Honing the crashing clouds you wait. A monstrous presence, intimidating yet reflecting strength and pride. I want...
swarnamanjari chellapandi
Jun 16, 2025


Mystery box
Awakened by the persistent sound of the doorbell, he walks up to the door. Rubbing his groggy eyes, he fiddles with the latch. After a...
swarnamanjari chellapandi
May 19, 2025


Serendipity : A short story
Many years later, Maya had returned back to India in search of something called home. She had left three decades ago, when she was a...
swarnamanjari chellapandi
May 13, 2025


Some more poems...
Mother 🏡 Tugging at her sari, I hide behind She smiles, reassuring Telling me to go into my second shrine I enter clueless, blinking...
swarnamanjari chellapandi
Apr 25, 2025


#5 Postcards from Kalimpong - Home in the Mountains
The rattling noise of the wheels on the rails envelop my soft whimpers as I lay crying, curled up on the narrow berth of the moving train....
swarnamanjari chellapandi
Jan 12, 2025






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