Dawnings
Choice
By Nicholas Hooper
Suppose, just suppose that life is made of train tracks
And you can choose which one you want to travel on
And, at any time, you can change tracks if the one you’re on is going nowhere
That could be difficult, as the track you are on is so familiar, comfortable
And the more you stay on it the more embedded it becomes in you
It will be a wrench to jump off that track and take the chance of a new direction
But suppose, just suppose you have that choice
Will you take it?
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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