The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Inconsequential
Some days slip into
that hard to reach space
between the wall and the couch,
between the driver seat and console,
between consequential and the
why do I even bother.
A long and busy week
ought to lead us somewhere.
Maybe the path just fades away,
like someone blending into a crowd
or a drop of water vanishing in the sea.
My challenge today is to become present.
So I imagine myself as a boulder,
half-submerged in water,
worn smooth by eternal winds.
Moss grows on my north-facing shoulder.
The sun comes and goes.
The moon and stars cool my face.
Day after day for millennia
I have rested right here.
The stone me who might remember
all the days between this one and that,
will inevitably too disappear
into that abyss behind the couch.