The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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Brian’s collected pieces, volume by volume.
Troubles
Nothing puzzles me more.
Maybe today
I can embrace my troubles,
seeing within them
my familiar friends and foes.
If it is not my task
to confront those parts of me
that I’d rather push into a closet
or blame on the world I see,
then I really don’t know
what is mine to do.
My troubles find their way
around great fortifications,
and into keyholes on locked doors.
So why not just give them
a seat at the table?