Beginnings

New beginnings are non existent,
The beginning of everything seems old somehow,
For life is continuous,
Life is inconsistent,
Where we start and where we end do not make sense sometimes,
To make sense of life is to solve the great mystery,
Our impulses and desires are a contradictory bunch,
The human mind calls into question the activities of the brain,
The taking of a new lover,
The termination of a love affair,
The beginning of a new life,
The passing of a dear friend and neighbor,
Always coming and going are the beginnings,
Morphing at some point into the end,
Will our beginnings be kind?
Will our endings be embraced by a gentle fate?
The transition is inevitable,
What we do is who we are,
Who we are is what we have become,
We had a new beginning once,
At birth many of us cried for the first time,
Yet, there are none who could recall why,
We were new students at some point,
Yet, there are few who could recall that first lesson,
We were once naive to the pains that love bring,
After that everything became redundant,
To begin anew is the desire of most,
What we learn we would apply if given a fresh start,
We have wisdom through experience,
We have suffered and learned from our mistakes,
No beginning should ever be new,
Let us begin where we left off.