The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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My Valentine (for Melissa)

You thrill me
with your genuine acts of love.
Your kisses and hugs
come often and easily.
The mass of my heaving heart
is moved wonderfully
in all these beautiful
tiny moments.

When I am very still
you come closer.
When I am just me
you are just you.
I don’t believe
I can describe
just how much
your love
means to me.

I pray
the peace and love
I know as God
will always manifest
in our being
and in our desire
to be together.