The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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I can turn the brightest day gray with thoughts of imperfection, how the world we create might be different, might be kinder, more equitable for all. I cannot deny what I see - the poverty, greed, fear, the destruction, and least of all when I look in the mirror, the amazing darkness staring back at me. I don’t even want to finish this thought, lest the thought finish me, lest I waste the wonderful sunshine, lest my lover turn away.
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