Winter Chill

I sat through the night

Reciting poetry

Verse after verse

On Friendship,

Love and intimacy

Stanzas of melancholy

Yearning peeping between lines

You seemed lost

On another planet

We needed to be upfront

Not cocooned in prejudice

When you stood up

I felt

A winter chill

On such a lovely

Summer night

Author's Notes/Comments: 

(Third in the Heart Beat series)
This is the continuation of Heartbeat and What if? It is the third in the series as this one sided fascination gradually flickers to its end. I still cannot believe that she could be so selfish and cold and that is why I have used the word prejudice. May be it had to do with my being colored. I thank all of you who suggested and thought she would love it “the first poem” “Heart Beat” but she said don’t ever mention it to me I don’t want to look at it, never. May be she was not worth it. Unlucky girl?

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Again a lovely and moving poem. But my dearest friend, won't you tell me who is this cruel being that has hurt you so much. Do tell me for I long to know.


Muhammad Naveed Ahmed.

Pen name:Emmenay.

Yahoo email ID:Ambitious7

Initials: M.N. Ahmed.