Dawnings

Intention

By Nicholas Hooper

Intention
Expression
Confession
Of pain

Find light
In the darkness
Find joy
In the rain

Commotion
Locomotion
Driving
The day

Find questions
Find answers
To come
What may

Let rest now
All your soldiers
And your shoulders
Can fall

Like the curtain
Of nighttime
As the sun
Reaches all

Sing a song now
Of freedom
From fear
And distress

Let your arms
Reach up skywards
Encompass
And bless

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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