Dawnings
time split
By Nicholas Hooper
when the time comes
and the clock says
I must leave and
stop this work
is it relief or disappointment?
have I used that time well?
and so we carve up time
to run our lives
and be there when we’re needed
fair enough you say
but as you watch the seconds go by
this strange addiction
takes you over
and time rules
except
that
if you feel time
it keeps changing
and the seconds
are no longer
the same length
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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