The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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All They Can
A poem for the free spirits...
Beware
that powerful man or woman
with her smiling assurances
and him telling you
he’s done all he can.
All they can
is likely so much less
than anyone is capable of doing.
All they can
presents you a strait jacket
to confine your wild mind.
All they can
is the immature cry
of a petulant child,
forever refusing to grow up.
And all they can
is God’s invitation to you,
to create another way.