Open Chords Played on Steel Strings
You sing . . .
Picking at a guitar
Harmonica resting on your slow breathing chest
Battered lyrics, broken voice
Straining to tell stories few understand, some relate
Only you feel its pain
You are . . .
Steel strings
Of an acoustic guitar
Easily broken, snapped in two
Strummed one too many songs
Bleeding fingers
Callused soul on rusted time
Tuned you are . . .
Forbidden notes
Dancing fingers playing with death
Waltzing on dreams
You are . . .
An instrument of change, sharing pain
Open chords played on steel strings
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abcdefBgbhijkblmnBfg |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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