The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Joe Wise

Tonight I may let Joe Wise sing me to sleep.
His musical gifts tickled my imagination as a child.
I often wondered how he knew I loved to color,
as well as what I kept in my overall pockets.

Luckily Joe’s songs never left me.
They grew right along with my bones,
so that today when I hear them as a man,
I am transported to a sacred place beyond time.

God comes so effortlessly
into the hearts and minds of children.
So much so, that even to this day,
whatever awakens my inner child,
also awakens God within me.

Thank you, thank you Joe Wise.