Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Search and read all 1,834 pieces by Brian J. Mueller — 1,675 poems, 38 prose pieces, and 121 haiku from 12 published volumes. Free to read and share.

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Unfinished Poems

The upside down world
is where you began,
helpless
and hopeful.
You just laid there
in your pungent neediness,
full of love
and ready to grow.

Later,
the world always seemed to move
in the same direction of your knowing.
But no sooner do you find your compass
than you realize you’ve placed yourself
at the center of everything.

How different the world looks from your eyes
than from all those eyes looking at you.
Real seeing means growing,
and touching and tasting,
and listening to all the noise
in which you can detect no music.

Think 360 degrees
in all directions and dimensions.
Remember when you lived in woman
and your knowing was all perception.

Open your third eye.
See this world of unfinished poems.

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