The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Change

The momentum grows for Change.
But Change doesn’t understand all the fuss.
Change is, was, and will be.
There is nothing Change cannot touch,
no matter that you refuse to see it.

So along comes Time,
just to make certain the day comes
when the bigot must confront his fear,
when the preacher’s child comes out,
when the financier’s scheme is revealed,
and when this silly poet is humbled.

Remember,
change has all the time in the Universe.
You do not.