The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Go On

Time’s a wastin’.

I will always feel fear
for what I have yet to experience,
and still an even larger fear
comes and visits often,
urging me to cling
to that innocence
I long ago lost.

Yet on most mornings,
observing a period of stillness
restores my equilibrium,
mercifully helping to remind me
I’m only passing through
and to keep on going.

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