Dawnings
That person
By Nicholas Hooper
That person that is neither woman nor man
would be a god maybe or a sprite that swims in the river of life.
That person may offer something that no man or woman could offer:
a freedom of thought, of movement, of care,
so that all beings could come to their arms and be held lightly but surely
as night turns to day in the minds of the fenced-in gendered.
No walls here, no shoulds or shouldn’ts
but a freedom found of love and suffering,
to go to a place where all is open sea and sky
and nothing is hidden any more.
—————
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