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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Memories Come

Things I thought forgotten...

The room comes to silence,
bringing a focus to my thinking
and an order to the disorder
I feel within this place.

I agree to go deeper,
but will soon return
with my shadow in tow
and needing to face
all those voices
I can’t seem to leave behind.

Memory taps me on the shoulder,
Remember that young man
demanding your help,
and threatening suicide?
You nearly killed him yourself.

I start to chuckle,
but when I turn toward Memory
he’s long gone, and so, too,
the precise reasons for his coming.

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