Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Memories

...so easy to deceive me.

Memories come and go
in changing colors,
various textures
and unpredictable emotions.

Here comes
a black and white memory
on yellowed, glossy paper
of a scene I cannot place,
but faces so familiar.

This image catapults me
to another memory when,
riding a train through the West,
I saw young mountains
for the very first time.

People, places,
and all particularities
melt in my mind and heart,
then through temporal alchemy
become feelings pleasant
and feelings difficult,
before slowly coalescing
into a trusted map
for my spiritual journey.

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