Dawnings
How to say thank you
By Nicholas Hooper
How to say thank you to so many for so much?
I don’t know where to start
but if I don’t
there will be no thank you.
I will miss you.
Will that do? As a thank you?
You’ve done so much, protected us, nurtured us, allowed our lives some balance
and now we must leave to go into a wider world with so much unknown
in front of us.
I could be angry with you for pushing us out
but you’re like all parents who want to see
their children grow and flourish.
So we must leave and forgive
and say thank you,
Thank you.
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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