Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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A Matter of Perspective

The old haunts the new,
but it is the unknown
which hardens hearts
and keeps the distilleries busy.

There is no cold
like looking from high above
into the water below.
And there is no dark
like those first steps beyond
the light of a campfire.

The unseen, unknown and unwanted,
are lurking everywhere—
beneath the waves,
within the shadows,
just beyond your grasping reach.

Sometimes prison
is simply your perspective,
and the God you thought dead
returns unannounced,
only bigger and more loving.

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