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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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I Wander

My struggle to keep pace is real.
It gets harder and harder
to rush towards the horizon
and thwart the setting sun.

Each new day
is like starting a cold engine,
it needing more time to warm up
as winter approaches.

He takes photographs
to show others what they’re missing.
She sings ballads
to make her voice heard.
I avoid attachments
to let everyone know I am free.

There’s nothing I must do
that I like more than creating,
unfolding my words into shapes,
then infusing them with color and texture
so they have a resonance of meaning
or something akin to her song,
and to his picture.

I wander to remind myself I am free.
What is it you do
to rage against the dying
of the light?

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