The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Cryptic Bursts II
Life: To know your own mortality and that you are part of something greater.
To be granted physical eternity would be a curse.
Myths allow us to open a mysterious realm.
In my wake I leave your body, preferring only your soul to keep.
He reached into the sky and handed her a star.
She dipped her hand into the sea and gave him life.
It all began innocently enough.
My body left long before. My soul remained forevermore.
The dead live in the blood of the living.
Few things scare me so, as those I do not know.
I am the beast who upon life does feast.
There is something about a girl who sings.
There is no written or spoken language in the world that can adequately express feelings.
We are going to find our future in our distant past.
I don’t want to start a movement. I want to end one.