Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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At the Creek Bottom

...I find my soggy soul.

The breeze off the lake
begins to chill my already
rain dampened mood.

But a walk in the woods
is all it takes to rediscover
that missing part of me,
submerged yet still alive
at the creek bottom.

So I fish out my soul,
and in so doing awaken
something deep within,
a little bit frustrated,
and maybe a whole lot angry
about forgetting my belonging
to this natural world.

Now I’m feeling annoyed
and even more uncertain,
as I ponder what to do
with my awakened soul.

Could this be the Great Spirit
urging me to breathe new life
into all the sleeping souls
I encounter on my journey?

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