Dawnings
soften the blow
By Nicholas Hooper
soften the blow to fight your way
no need to strike so hard today
find a new way to solve the drive
in life’s need to survive
soften your face to let a smile
lift your mood at least for a while
and find that place where gentleness lives
and the warm sensation that it gives
soften your heart to slow the beat
as you feel the earth’s core at your feet
spinning in space the place you’ve found
is filled with love’s encompassing sound
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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