The Musical Pain

Thanks to Chopin!

I shouted and left the room

Like a thunder gazing at desert

Passed to my bedroom to empty my flourishing anger

Then I looked at my shelf

A book with a photo of Chopin

I took it myself and came to the PC

To hear him play

He told my pain to the piano

The piano retold it for me

With the hands of Chopin

I listened to the Nocturne

Sounded like a walking rain

Each drop of it was a blood

Moving through my brain with pain

Music, Music , Music

The accessible calming drug to gain

Over and over again

I was hearing my pain

I saw Chopin's soul calling me

A genius that has become insane

Author's Note

Artwork by Eugène Delacroix

Reviews

[Stuart Munro]

They say a Genius feels more pain with his higher sensitivity , if you read history , all the geniuses are mostly round the twist

[Nima.Hope]

I totally agree with you, it's both sad and true. Chopin must die in 39 while some live over a 80s.

[Writergurl]

A moving write here, This is wonderful

[Nima.Hope]

Thanks for your comment my friend.
Regards

[Lydia Shutter]

Music is universal. Songs can bring back memories that make us smile or bring us to tears. Classical music is not my favorite, but obviously it is yours. Giving your pain to the music is such an outlet. Well written. Lydi**

[Nima.Hope]

I agree with you. Romantic music(like Chopin and Liszt) is almost at the opposite to the Classical music(Mozart,Beethoven).
Thanks Lydia
Wish you the best

[Chris Shaw]

Music certainly touches the soul Nima and can certainly be a mood changer. I feel that about Ralph Vaughan Williams. He was a British composer. If I want calm, I play the Lark Ascending. I understand perfectly here how Nocturne can do that for you. Your poem a delight to read and relatable too.

Chris

[Nima.Hope]

Music is miracle, thanks for your introduction to Ralph Williams and your kind words.
Wish you the best Chris

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Nima.

[Temperance]

Very moving and lovely poem dear Nima. Music can indeed touch our hearts and have an impact on our moods. Nicely done. Temp

[Nima.Hope]

Chopin indeed was a genius who had a unique perspective about playing the piano. While Beethoven and Mozart play the piano very fast, Chopin caresses the keys of Piano and softens the pain which he himself had experienced through his life.
Thanks for your words.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Beautiful poem
Loved this

[Nima.Hope]

Thanks Julie. Wish you the best.
Nima

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"He told my pain to the piano"---
music has always been my soundtrack...I really love the last lines in this...
and it reminds me of Ambrosia's song "Harvey" in which they sing..."one thin line draws the border between madness and the genius"
j.

[Nima.Hope]

There are many great composers in the field of Classical music or romantic music but Chopin is indeed very unique in his style. I don't know anyone else that can make you cry with his slow playing of piano. He talks about the pain he himself had experienced through his life. Every time I listen to Nocturne or Waltz in A minor, it makes me think deeply.
Thanks jacob for your comment. I didn't knew about the band "Ambrosia". Thanks for your introduction.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

here is a link to that song, it is very short---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_qTV3GN874

[Nima.Hope]

Old themes of the 1970s! I really like some of these old bands. I like Pink Floyd the most from the 1970's but at the top of all, I believe that singers like Andy Williams and Elvis are unique and love songs of them carreses everybody's heart.
By the way, As an American what do people of America think about Iranians and Iran?(Culture and etc...).

[Robert Haigh]

Music can soothe the soul and lift our mood. Chopin was a great composer and musician. Delacroix was a great painter. I appreciate both music and the art of painting. A life without some appreciation of the arts is a life unfulfilled in some ways, I always think. And yes, some great artists suffer greatly for their art!

[Nima.Hope]

I totally agree with you. Arts make the bitter tastes of life sweeter.
Thanks Rob, I wish you the best my friend.
Nima