The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Plant Me

...so I can grow.

Rumi says,
Christ is Spring!
My heart leaps
and begins to dance
while my soul says,
Let’s plant something!

Everything outside
has been preparing
for this coming.

Everything inside
has been praying
to be ready.

I once prayed
to be spared my life,
and therefore came late
to my own planting.

Now comes the time
for me to grow,
Grow,
GROW!

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