Dawnings
and thank you
By Nicholas Hooper
and thank you
for sharing your thoughts, your wisdom, your kindness
and thank you
for being there every day to walk with me through life
and thank you
for the inspiration, the unexpected idea, the hope of creativity
and thank you
for listening to my worries, my poems, my music
and thank you
for all the work you do to help us live a good life
and thank you
for the pool of home, of warmth, of food, of company
and thank you
for holding me in your arms and giving rest from aloneness
and thank you
for who you are, gathered there in a beam of light
as the journey of our life continues to wherever it may go
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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