Dawnings
Wide open sky
By Nicholas Hooper
The wide open sky embraces me,
holds me in my own gaze
as I turn with the world’s axis
and see the high flying swifts,
the close shimmying clouds,
miles and miles of them,
seeming so small to my eyes
but covering the earth with cool spots.
Now, there are no stars to see
for out there in the blue
they are vanquished by the sun
that warms my limbs and face.
I know they are there
and that knowledge of emptiness
makes me see the sky
as so much more that I cannot see
spinning into infinity.
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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