The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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The Infinitude
...of love and being...
There’s just enough of me
and just enough of you
to go around, even though
we alone are not infinite.
Some days I cannot tell
whether my glass
is truly half-full,
or half-empty.
I wonder:
Am I pouring my life
into the infinite?
Or is the infinite
pouring into me?
I woke last night
frightened by the dark,
in which the infinite seemed
to be staring right at me.
When I woke again
morning had come,
and the darkness lifted
to reveal my finite world.