The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Scoop yourself up.
Scoop yourself up.
The puddle you’ve become is only temporary
and not very puddle-like -
maybe only in the sense you’re reflective,
lying there looking at the sky.
What do you think she sees when she peers into your eyes?
For a single moment everything just stops.
Yeah,
everything just stops.
I said get up and get going!
For what reason did you spend hours
staring at the Cross,
unless to be resurrected for this day?
There is no reconciliation of mystery,
only that something in you which understands
you must take her hand -
take all hands,
and go forth loving this world.