A new collection by Brian J. Mueller

Trust Stillness

Poems for the Second Half of Life

Drop anchor try gardening plant tea trees mend and paint the fence get a library card practice daily meditation trust stillness

For decades I kept moving — afraid to slow down, certain that stillness would drown me. This new collection lives in the turning point: when the motor finally cuts off, the boat begins to drift, and you discover you can breathe. Poems for anyone learning, slowly, to surrender into the second half of life.