Dawnings
awoke in the dark
By Nicholas Hooper
awoke in the dark
and found a space for love unexpected
as life spun on and the invisible became clear
a star was there, no there, no there
high in the sky
pulling eyes away from earthbound feet
and reaching back in decades of mystery
how did this happen? you say
life changing on the pinhead of a star
bright, hard, seeing
and so look down at the hard dark earth
where all foundations of movement come
and walk a path towards love
and that hidden shining heart
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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”
— Nick Hooper