Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Here and Everywhere

Let us go there for peace.

One day before
tomorrow.

One day past
yesterday.

There, in-between,
rests today.

Right here is where
I become angry
when you tell me
there is no hot or cold.

I assure you,
I am hot.

Who is behind this voice
trying to calm me down?

It seems as though you want
the whole world to remain asleep.

Yes, there may be peace
right here in the present.
But there is also peace
up ahead and far behind,
within the icy outer reaches,
and the fiery furnaces below.

Isn’t it the job of prophets
to remind us repeatedly,
peace is everywhere?

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