The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Faith

It’s summer,
which means the air outside
is becoming sticky,
and my insides
are becoming sticky too.

The air feels heavy
as it lingers close to the ground,
where it presses on me
with an indefinite weight.

Strangely,
there’s no turbulence,
only pressure.
For the air just hangs there,
moving too slowly
to rustle the leaves,
to rustle my hair.

Have you ever sat
through a windstorm
of blowing leaves?
- of blowing rain?
- of blowing dust?
That’s the type of chaos
blowing inside my head,
while outside I witness
only hot stillness.

Don’t you see it?

Clearly,
I’ve entered the season of my life
called Faith.