The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Listening?
There’s so much to hear.
Is anyone listening
to anyone?
Is anyone listening
to me?
Am I listening
to you,
and to myself?
I wonder
where go our words,
our thoughts and actions.
They don’t just disappear,
fading into inconsequence.
Something somewhere
must be listening to us,
holding all this buzzing
in a volatile bundle
of creative energy
called prayer.
If we don’t listen to everything
how can we ever perceive
a presence called God?