Pristine Whites — An Heirloom

By Suvreenda Sood

From unconditioned innocence and naivety

She smiled. Unaware in brimming curiosity

Of the desolate world that surrounded her

And its noxious prays and ferocity.

Her smile was contagious for her father laughed

Oblivious, though only for a second,

Of the events hapless, and the future marred, 

Shadowed by the memory of blissful days of iridescence.

Years passed and the smile hushed

Worn from prejudices and a yearning lust 

Of a bygone peace and halcyon

That perhaps, to her, never belonged.

Yet now her father smiled

In wisdom borne from plight

A smile that nursed his memory

Which silenced his redundant pride. 

By Suvreenda Sood