Sunday 24 May 2020

Minor chord

The eeriness of a minor chord,
a strum of sadness; dark and moody.
Black keys dominate heart rate and fear
when terror and tension gradually grow.

High or low and regardless of tempo,
a minor chord is a sharp-ended warning.
Something or someone is around the corner 
but who or what, we may never know.

A minor chord can be a snapshot of peace,
lost in thought in a spiritual space. 
One or two notes are jigsawed in place
to thaw any angst when it threatens to roar. 

Maybe it's thunder or a menacing sunset,
a subtle rhythm, creeping and crawling,
deep underneath its ubiquitous fret,   
a minor chord is beautiful and never boring.







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