Dawnings
Why petals?
By Nicholas Hooper
Nature’s waste of beauty
Petals fall
Spring is done
And fruit will come
Nectar for the insects
Feed them now
Help us grow
With pollen from another
But why is this so beautiful?
Is it true that spring’s fashion is the best?
Every year we welcome flowers
But is it in our eyes that we see this beauty?
A short lifetime, the flowering of May
Creation seen right here, right now
Of course they’re beautiful
Petals show the story of life and death and then
Another chance of life.
Of course they’re beautiful!
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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