Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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In This Moment

Pray help me let go.

Tears swell my eyes
and my heart aches
as though it alone
must save the day.

My little dog is injured,
hurt his spine,
and now lays immobile,
kept in silence
by heavy pain medication.

I fear
his seemingly tenuous existence
and my obvious impotence.

What happened to my serenity?
Where are the angels
who showed me patience,
who gave me courage,
who revealed the way
from dark into light?

He suffers,
and in my suffering for him,
a lifetime of pain and hurt
slowly comes to the surface.

I pray and pray again,
to let go of my need to control,
and for gratitude in this moment.

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