The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Being Human

I sing
but often stumble on the words.
Love sings
but I don’t always like the melody.

Still it is together we make music.
And sometimes you can dance to it.
At others you can sing along.
Most of the time it’s an ambient tune
looping in the background
just loud enough to keep me moving
as it propels me forward
in infinite little crescendos
and spare moments
when a single note
is the chasm between
sound and silence,
cold and hot,
empty and full,
unloved and loved.

I am a seeker of stillness.
My body is a verb
and my soul the pause
between adjectives.