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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Personal Evolution

A step further...

Somewhere in the middle
of a very long journey
every day seems like a Monday.
Every diversion
offers a great opportunity to rest,
or to find some alternate meaning
beyond my own personal growth,
which also feels like drudgery,
or worse, like a punishment.

Wise travelers warn me:
when in doubt, don’t.
But how will I remember this
while I’m fast asleep?

It’s morning again.
I’m asking myself why bother,
yet I keep on going anyway.
Today I can’t move my feet;
it feels as if wings are sprouting.
Perhaps my journey
is finally changing me.

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