Dawnings
Surrounded and alone
By Nicholas Hooper
Surrounded and alone
I wandered in gardens green with shoots that tangled in my hair
Caressed by leaves and held by long soft grass
I stopped and took a breath, a beat, a heartful
And finding my desire
Spoke to it and said, ‘you are here, you are here’
And so it was that the deep souls of my family held me with gestures of love
And I no longer had to seek for that place, every hour, every day
But found it in my heart where it had been all the time
While I so longed for it
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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