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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Already Here

At some point in our lives
all that exists
is good enough.
That’s the moment we awake
and realize perfection,
seemingly just out of our reach,
is actually impossible,
and that the greatest divine favor
might be to die in our sleep.

Now that you and I are awake
and fully aware of life’s vagaries,
let’s try staying alert,
though still not too aware,
we cannot attend
to all of our responsibilities.

Our work,
your work
and my work,
is whatever is placed before us.
So let’s do the best we can,
while we’re forever dreaming
of a perfection never to come.

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