Dawnings

She stood in the forest

By Nicholas Hooper

A spirit with arms outstretched
she stood, a smile upon her face
And as though all hurts would fall away
with a pause in the light that filtered through tall boughs
and with a name on her lips, she breathed a shout
and it echoed in the bark, rustled in the leaves
and left a song on my mind, a song without words

And how thankful I am that I was there
in the moment of release, of power
As the energy rippled through the trees
like a wind that reached the stars
And in my mind now, there is a wood
that is healed by love
and will sing to you
if you care to listen
to that whispering
whispering cry
that comes
from the
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