The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Be a Sponge
Be at peace
and absorb the stillness.
Be at war
and absorb the chaos.
Our soul is a sponge,
and this world is dripping wet,
waiting to saturate our porous being
with the entirety of existence.
I look around,
everywhere is a captive audience
and everywhere bloated beings
unable to soak up all
life is raining down upon them.
There must be a ritual wringing,
a drought of sorts,
where we can let go
of what we’ve accumulated,
until we are empty,
and then like a child sponge,
take in the world anew.