Dawnings
Heart space
By Nicholas Hooper
Vast, wide, open sky
show the miles of life running by
Warm now, you beat for all
those who suffer, great or small
In your power find a way
to help us grow each every day
and in your heart find space for me
with all the others who would be free
Sound now, that sound of breath
that beats the bounds tween life and death
Feed me now with your good bread
so I may find the way ahead
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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