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Composition in D Minor

Withered fingers
Cannot play anymore;
I drown in nuanced shades of blue,
Not seeing, in my plight,
My strings, wound tight,
Suspending me
Like a puppet,
Tethered to life.

I in my tattered clothes,
Blue like sorrow,
Torn like the heart that hopes,
Unable to keep out the cold
Or cover the secrets I hold—
I am the man who mopes,

               Holding my guitar close
               As it whispers its chords
               Whilst I, cross-legged, ponder
               Life in rags and cardboards.

Back to the old routine:

               Awash in blue,
               This song’s for you:

Echoes of a gunshot;


                              The click of a trigger.

Copyright © Sean Fenech

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