Dawnings
Inhabitant
By Nicholas Hooper
Living in this place, this history,
an inhabitant finds walls of comfort
and ceilings of joy.
The water in the brook runs close and cheerfully
like the world running by saying, ‘hello, hello,’
and making a happy sound.
To inhabit this place is to stop and think,
where am I going? where would I like to be?
and call blessings to the wind.
For the world circles round and holds the soul,
as the feet feel the cool ground, and a voice says,
‘I am here, I am here.’
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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