The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Over and Again

...a bit of wisdom from Sunnen Lake.

Wet,
a little bit cold
and a lot tired,
but already
a better man than
when I arrived.

I told myself,
before telling my wife,
I’d come home renewed
and reinvigorated
once I collected
my true self.

Then I often find
I don’t have to go so far
away from my home
to gather all the pieces
of my being.

Yet for some reason,
I must make this journey
over and over again.