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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Morning Poet

Don’t just do something, sit there.

Some may say
the grenade
that exploded in my heart
made me a morning poet.
But I don’t think so.
There are many
half-hearted men
still climbing ladders
leading them nowhere.

What moved my soul
to a more lyrical
and mystical understanding
was falling to the Earth,
then finding nothing
to climb back up on.

The world looks
and feels different
with nowhere to go
and no one to follow.
Just sitting here,
grace can find me
more easily.

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