Dawnings
Filtering in
By Nicholas Hooper
The light of the universe comes filtering in
through skin, through eyes, through thoughts, no sin
can stop the goodness of energy it gives
it shows us now that gentleness lives
in loving thoughts and feelings too
the love I have for you and you
the moonshine, sunshine, starshine shows
the light of our universe that my soul knows
will bring us a goodness, a strength and resistance
to see us through our spirit’s existence
from hour to hour and day to day
till tides of our seas flow all time away
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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