A Little Pandora Box

A Little Pandora Box

Love-child of ‘Innocence’ and ‘Forbearance’

Fleshed from misery, in the womb of trouble

Floated in a thin sac of watery misfortune

Ivy bore the unripe fruit in draped fortune

Breech birth made the lush carpel infertile

Destiny succumbed to her silver-stone skin

Melancholy and grim being her better half

Her voice—soft, laughter—a fading dream

Fondly named her, Miss Little Pandora Box

Locked to keep intact all the outside mirth

—Twinge inflections and resentment wait

Ready to engulf everything in to the chest

They kept its lid fixed—for years to come,

Till date—

Little Pandora Box turns sixteen today

She lost her parents on a somber Friday

On Saturday she met the prince of fate

Tying the bond of bliss, to avoid the late

He unlocks the box—playing endurance

A green eye bears the virtue of patience

Sleeping Amulet in the uterus of verve

Liberated from the prison of eternal pain

Clandestine efforts from an aphelion

Letting loose the envelope, to erase—

The name—Miss Little Pandora Box


***Breech birth—Breech births happen when the baby's buttocks or feet are positioned to be delivered first. Breech births occur approximately 1 out of every 25 births.

Amulet—A charm worn to ward off evil or to bring good fortune; talisman.

Love child—A child born to parents who are not married to each other.

Clandestine— Kept secret or done secretively.

Carpel—One of the structural units of a pistil, representing a modified, ovule-bearing leaf.

Ivy—A woody evergreen climbing plant, typically having shiny, dark green five-pointed leaves.

Aphelion—The aphelion is the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is farthest from the Sun.***