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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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God Has Angels Everywhere

The ethical infants
have got us by the short hairs.
The weight of their fear
is crushing us,
and feels closer
than the sun.

I don’t point.
I don’t condemn,
or summon my anger
to challenge theirs.

In the mornings,
I still contemplate my old snakeskin
rotting in some corner,
while I practice love;
through tiny actions
like loving myself,
and the equally important task
of loving my neighbors.

My day starts with a pen
because a knife wasn’t cutting it.
I could see,
but not clearly enough,
until I peered through the looking glass
called my heart.

God has angels everywhere.
Invite them into your life.

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