Dawnings
There is beyond
By Nicholas Hooper
It is not all me
It is not all you
That causes this fateful flow
It is not all us
It is not all them
That deal the fatal blow
There is beyond
A place where bounds are gone
And space is what fulfils the soul
In bounty and in pleasure
There’s food beyond measure
Food for life, for love, for growth
And I would have
And you would have
The way to find this for us both
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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