Dawnings
Invisible river
By Nicholas Hooper
Invisible river, dark in the night,
Unseen but flowing
Where are you going?
Carrying a message of peace, not of fight.
Carry me now down your stream to forgive
Passing the banks
that give me no thanks
for the things I have done just to live, just to live
in this world so conflicted,
all truths contradicted,
to a green gentle place
that is so full of grace,
to a pool full of peace,
full of peace, full of peace.
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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