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