Dawnings
trust me
By Nicholas Hooper
‘trust me’, says that voice inside
‘whose voice is that? I ask
and in that moment
the world turns upside down
reason’s flow is interrupted
and doubt can creep in
between cracks where knowledge
has left loopholes of uncertainty
to look reality in the face
to look straight in the mirror
and see the manifestation
of body and spirit
eyes don’t divert
and truth will stare back
as I say, ‘yes, that is me,
and that is where I am 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