1 Back To Square 1 Poem by Edith Niemeyer

[Verse 1]

Where are we, Qwill?

Square One.

Of course we are.

Same spot.
New ideas.
Still learning.
Still writing.
Still me.

Seems life has circled
me around again,
Dropped me at the beginning
and called it the end.

[Pre-Chorus]

But messy ideas
lead to beautiful places.

Wrong button.
Oops.
Back we go.

Not lost—

just taking
the scenic route.

[Chorus]

Back to Square One.

Not defeated—
just getting re-started.

Same girl.
Same dreams.
Bigger plans.

Sometimes life just circles you around
so you can laugh harder
on the next try.

Back to Square One—

and still smiling.

[Verse 2]

Try again.
Rethink.
Revise.
Adjust.

Create.

Keep going.

Progress
looks different too.

Maybe I came back
to where I began—

but I didn't come back
the same.

[Pre-Chorus]

Same spot.
New ideas.

Still learning.
Still writing.

Still me.

And somewhere ahead
the road keeps calling—

Onward.

[Chorus]

Back to Square One.

Not defeated—
just getting re-started.

Same girl.
Same dreams.
Bigger plans.

Sometimes life just circles you around
so you can laugh harder
on the next try.

Back to Square One—

and still smiling.

[Bridge]

Square One?

Maybe.

But look closer.

I've brought every mistake,
every lesson,
every song,
every scribbled page
back here with me.

So perhaps
Square One

isn't the beginning
after all.

[Final Chorus]

Back to Square One—

with new ideas.

Back to Square One—

still learning.

Still writing.
Still creating.

Still me.

Not defeated.

Not finished.

Just getting
re-started.

[Outro]

Same girl.

Bigger plans.

Onward.