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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Confessions

...are a place I call home.

I no longer care
who wins what,
how to get there,
when the right time is,
or the precise words to say
at that right time.

This is a poem about peace
and the price of that peace,
which I pay out gradually
with my flesh, blood and bones.

When I woke up yesterday
there was nothing more I could do
to deny my own pain and suffering.
And that’s when I knew denying
is what I’ve been doing all along.

So I’ve made my confession,
and these words are now part
of my permanent record.

Let my next breath be
the beginning of a ritual,
which brings me back home
and restores my wholeness
in God and this Universe.

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