The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Seek the Edge
I seek the edge.
Don’t you too
just want a peek over.
Imagine darkness
so deep
so seductive
so completely subsuming
it overwhelms
and shuts down
your senses.
We all go
in search of that place
hoping to find
a tiny space
where it all began
you
me
something else
maybe a universe.
There,
in the inky black thisness
that holds everything,
and perhaps the only thing,
you hear a drum
then inhale.
{whisper the next lines}
A spark!
Your heart starts beating
now exhale.