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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Red Moon

If I know anything at all,
it’s that I have been forged by love
throughout my entire life,
so that I may share my love
with the world.

This revelation comes
and then it goes,
before coming back more intensely
in a broken heart,
in a baby’s smile,
in a lonely night,
or even in so many years
spent with uncertainty.

Faith.
Faith makes love real,
so do kisses
and smiling eyes,
along with a willingness to be vulnerable
in the middle of life,
when nothing makes sense,
not even the rain.

The Red Moon captures minds,
yet it’s what isn’t seen
that captures hearts.

Don’t let anyone explain God to you.
Allow your abundant love
to compel this mystery to unfold.

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