Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Same Questions

...too few answers.

Long poems are a luxury
for these mid-life mornings,
where amidst the harried frenzy
my questioning child returns.

Why is today Monday?
Do I have to go to school?
Where is the ocean from here?
What happened to grandpa?
Will I see him again?
How come the sky is blue?
Why can’t I decide?
Will I grow old and die?

The same simple questions
are returning as mysteriously
as that forgotten day they left,
and yet the answers I once accepted
no longer satisfy my weary soul.

The voice which woke me today
urged me to keep asking
all of the questions I have,
even if there will never be
a satisfying answer.

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