The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Dark Was the Night
Find within you that light.
Hold still
and you will witness
great beauty everywhere,
all around you,
as it enters your soul,
breath after subconscious
breath.
You will also see
resistance,
heartbreak,
and brokenheartedness,
all of it human,
all of it a valiant effort
to resist wrestling
with our dark angels.
Something in you opens,
then closes upon remembering.
We all shudder
at the ways you have suffered.
Please go to the mat with your demons.
We are praying with you
constantly.
If you die
we will die with you.