A slight hint of winter’s bleak sunset, with a lavender sky
churns inside of me
as I listen to Chopin’s ballade no. 1 in g minor,
and I think to myself,
what was the composer feeling when he wrote this piece
of music, this opus 23 that speaks to the mind,
body and soul of longing–
it is both a soft scent of apple pie and a raging storm,
I have never heard anything like it.
It softens the edges, and I can understand why,
loneliness
stretches the heart into pieces,
as we lose ourselves in the city’s wild blush,
the aggressive dote of the sun,
it makes one yearn for a slow Spring,
where there are no sudden changes,
when each flower and leaf unfold deliberately,
and a grey squirrel curious for shelter,
isn’t concerned with neon lightning,
nor shifting ocean of percussion or the dark doldrums–
it is almost as though he knows where to go;
however, the same, cannot be said about the
direction of a person’s thoughts.
The ballade speaks in clusters and lullabies,
falls with the heart’s snow,
they say that music has landscape that is anything
but definite, it alters,
filling us with a sense of dread, that hovers
when the streets are empty,
and then with hope,
as veil of mist that clings to branches of tall trees,
like a lover that
begs to stay; such is the allure of Chopin’s ballade.
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32 Responses
Oh this is so perfectly played in minor, the allure is that sorrowful loneliness slowly moving into an allure of solitude.
Absolutely! Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Chopin’s ballade no. 1 in g minor is a lovely choice, Sanaa, and your poem does it justice. I love the ‘bleak sunset, with a lavender sky’, which is evoked by the music, and the idea of loneliness stretching the heart into pieces’. I also love ‘the ballade speaks in clusters and lullabies, / falls with the heart’s snow’.
Thank you so much, my dearest Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! 💄❤️
(and thank you for the glorious prompt) 🥂
So many beautiful phrases to choose from here as I listened to Chopin in the background I feel as if I’m at a feast of the senses, Sanaa. But this one, so vivid and apropos:
“it makes one yearn for a slow Spring,
where there are no sudden changes,
when each flower and leaf unfold deliberately”
Thank you so much, Dora 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
You captured the yearning and the abandon of this beautiful piece, Sanaa.
I especially liked
“It softens the edges, and I can understand why,
loneliness
stretches the heart into pieces,”
My mom loved listening to Chopin.
Thank you so much, Merril 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
You picked one (I couldn’t) and you described it beautifully.
Thank you so much, Jane 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
“falls with the heart’s snow”
Wow, I think you just summed up Chopin’s entire oeuvre with those five words.
That is such high praise! Thank you so much, Amaya 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Beautifully penned to a wonderful piece of musick. I really liked it is both a soft scent of apple pie and a raging storm,
Just lovely.
Thank you so much, Di 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Beautiful piece of music, first time hearing it. Stunning line:
“loneliness / stretches the heart into pieces,”
Thank you so much, Lisa 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Longing is exactly the right word–“stretching the heart into pieces.”
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“the aggressive dote of the sun”
A wonderful write on the allure of your mudical choice
Much-♡love
Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
both the music and your words seem to be a meandering stream, lost in a tangled delta many miles from the ocean
Thank you so much, Eric 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
Just wonderful.
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Oh, this is quite wonderful Sanaa… 🙂✌🏼🫶🏼
Thank you so much, Rob 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I had not heard this piece, Sanaa. WOW the energy and yet the ‘still’ peeking through, beautiful. Your poem mirrored the music, truly it did.
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Helen 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Great choice of music to write to; I love the way in which your writing makes it be so multidimensional, like a translation of multiple senses , from hearing, to moving to reading your words.
Thank you so much, Oloriel 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
What a delightful choice for the music Sanaa, I can hear you speaking this it has a lovely cadence in reading it. I especially love that music has landscape and that it changes – lifts my heart. ❤️
“apple pie and a raging storm”
Gorgeous writing that brought up vivid images.