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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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My Hometown

I’m calling to my hometown now,
more than it ever called to me.
“Please take me,” I say.
“Give me shelter,
let me rest my weary heart
and drink of your healing waters.”

The road which once beckoned me
and tantalized my burning desires,
now seems never-ending,
leading me further away
from my beating heart.

I know my hometown well.
She won’t refuse me refuge,
nor all the time I need
to recuperate and rest.

Still I fear she may react
much like a bitter lover,
who knows only too well
that the open road
will again steal me away.

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