The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Now I Know

...pretty much who I am.

Next week
it’ll be Thursday again,
and though I may not be
exactly the same then,
I’ll bet I’m close to it.

It’s taken a few years,
but at last I’ve come to know
pretty much who I am.

More and more often,
I find myself letting go
of who I thought I was
or one day have to become.

This past Monday
I think I heard my soul
out singing in the rain.

Now that’s new.