The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Our First Conversation
If I had to describe her I’d say she is like the sun. She has a burning rough edge and stunning brilliance. Her passion is white hot. Her light is focused. Still, there are spots, little openings, visible vulnerabilities. These “wounds” pour forth her life. She is the Sun because she brings out the best in me, the Earth. I thrive on her light, and my thoughts spin about her. I long for her touch, but I fear the burn. However I smile because I know she longs to have her cares soothed in my cool waters.
She resists, I insist. If we could go it alone we would not need our hands. Idle fire spills from within her. Change comes so slowly, and yet time measures it fast. She feels spirits; she wants them to be free. She knows I am the one she longs to see...