Dawnings
A place in my heart
By Nicholas Hooper
There’s a place in my heart where others live
Sometimes it’s hard to find
The call of ‘me, me, me’ can be so loud
that those other voices disappear
They can be forgotten
So, like gifts, like gratitude
remember all those who matter
from the closest to the most distant
and find that place again,
that place in my heart
where the world of love lives.
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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