Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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The Spring Rains Gush

The spring rains gush,
then they ebb
so to allow us to absorb them.

We drink water in gulps,
not steady flows.
And we prefer cold water,
to the warm and stagnant.

But for the noise of cars,
I’d think the world outside my door
is a rain forest -
the rain on the roof
is akin to the sound it makes
on the leaves of a canopy.

Now comes the wind
to pressurize this house,
and to dispel any illusion
of impenetrable space.

The day, then night,
then day and night -
now rain,
tomorrow sun...
What love then comes
after a life of expectations?

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