The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Serious Man

Oh the serious man I’ve become!
Often it’s hard for me to imagine
the giggly baby I surely was,
how the sound of my mother’s voice
or the electric touch of a hand on my belly
would draw a smile on my face.

Should my life amount to anything
more than a giggle and a smile,
it won’t be because of distances traveled,
riches accumulated,
or praise sought and earned.
Rather it will be
because I never forgot
the very joy of living
as I tried to help others
remember it too.