The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Free at Dawn

The new day arrives with the dawn,
and is now nudging its gray shoulder
just above the hidden horizon,
still not too sure of itself
and whether it can push
that great blanket of clouds aside.

If this new day lacks confidence,
how am I to convince myself
to wake and seek relationship
with everything and everyone
I am certain to encounter
before the night returns?

But there is nothing for me to resist,
and therefore no opposition arises.

I’m wide awake now
and reaching towards this day,
even though it may show itself
reluctant to get out of bed.