Dawnings
No fear!
By Nicholas Hooper
No fear
No, no, fear
Nononononononono fear
But there
Is fear
Is fear, is fear
Isisisisisisisisisisisisis fear
So
Bury it
Pretend it isn’t there
Say it will all be okay
And don’t look round the corner
Don’t look round the corner to see
Don’t look round the corner to see if it isn’t
All Okay
Fear is here
No it isn’t, yes it is, no it isn’t……….
By the time you’ve got through this argument
Fear has gone deep
And hidden
And does
You no
Good
So face fear and say it
‘That’s fear!’
And don’t say
‘No fear!’
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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