start at the beginning

North Waterford, ME

back and forth between
what I should have done
and what has been accomplished
wonder a little how it might differ
had I started at the beginning
instead of beginning from the end
back in two thousand one
thought enough to drop it
again in two thousand three
it’s okay actually still able
to be exactly who I want to be
and then some
back to this childhood camping spot
so many visit from all over
New England and beyond
even saw some friends
knew only as children
who could have imagined
here now kids of their own
probably spoken of
thirty years ago
as a possibility at least
now idea then what now
would actually be
sitting in silence by the fire
midday meditation
some sort that no one might
understand if they even see
me here or think that far
across the dirt roads
criss-crossing through
the wooded hills by the pond
so many memories dug up
probably because the campground
is exactly how it was
all those years ago...