Dawnings
To touch
By Nicholas Hooper
To touch that place and heal it
That sadness you can feel it
Inside, the pain imagined
Will calm with soothing breath
And soon be forgotten
In the breadth of the day
As more comes in to find you
Lost you may feel now
But you will find your way
Through thickets of time
And soon be calmer
Than the person who arose
And found the day uncomfortable
Be comforted now, now
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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