The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Make Serenity Great Again

She says to me,
“The campaign never ends.”
Then I repeat to myself,
“Never ends… Never ends…”

At this moment I cannot imagine
two more frightening words.
Why would God gift us our lives,
and then condemn us all
to an unchanging immortality?

How reassuring it is to realize
all that I label good or bad,
or to which I am indifferent,
will not last beyond my own inability
to recognize my finite incarnation
within this limitless universe.