One One Twenty-One

~ johnbrandall

I return again
To the beginning
Where it’s best
To start again

With me
The folk agree
‘Tis their
Favorite spot indeed
Though they said that first
About the middle
Then again about the end

I begin again
At the beginning
As it peeks
Around the bend
As, on cold mornings,
Steam rises from the cup
Light from the east
Calm from the quiet
Promise from the day

I begin again
At the beginning
Because there is
No other way