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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Resurrection

Death is the prerequisite.

The gift of a child
is to believe easily,
without the burden of proof.
The pain of our maturity
is to doubt everything,
no longer able to trust.

Then mayhap comes
an awakening
we call faith,
as well as a new belief
that the good
draws the good
unto itself.

Our quivering voice follows,
speaking the words
of our fathers, mothers,
the mystics and ancients.
And though the sound
may come from us,
it is the words which carry
wisdom from those long gone.

This is the mystery
we call Resurrection.

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