Chopin’s music medicine,

the acupressure of his fingers

pressing down on a piano,

his upright seating allieved his rasping lungs,

delicately physically feeling poetic vibrations flowing soft harmonies

inside intimate spaces, rather than inside large concert halls.

He self-made self-created his medicine music to help him feel as physically comfortable as possible.
It massaged and self-medicated his body

with sonatas, etudes, waltzes and nocturnes,

with the life he lived dying.

His music was his hospice.
His comfort.
His gift to the world.

He gave us a medicine free of side effects,

and that lovingly and kindly works.

©️ July 2025 Much Love, Deb Poems

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