Dawnings
Darkness
By Nicholas Hooper
Finding a way through darkness to light
seeing the pathway without any fight
knowing the sun will arise in the sky
wondering why, oh why, oh why
did I sink to a place where no nightingale sings
a sadness of heart that a gloomy dream brings
now wake to the day and hope for the morn
perhaps it’ll be the most beautiful dawn
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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