Brian’sPoems

The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Your Words

A poem about the transformational power of words...

At some point in time
your words will encounter
the eyes and ears of others.
Their lips will move
as their breath warms
and animates the ink spilled
as hurried poems
from your wet mind,
your bleeding heart,
and your pregnant gut.

When inevitably
you run out of ink,
the words will at last reveal
who you really are –
that very love
you long ago set out to find
while always doubting
its existence.

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