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Point of Departure

from Burden of Belief by Hugh Christopher Brown

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Am I less the person than you thought I was?
Keeper of the stories, reveller in the glories
Of every good fight and noble cause
Shielding our dependence, yielding such resentments

When I was a school boy I used to love my tie
Ain’t nothing like I love you now
Autumn blowing change across the sky
The sky’s still blue
But something’s new

Don’t even have a word for you and I
Except my good instincts and all I might think
And how proud I am of all you try
Some part of me succeeds in each of your hopeful deeds

Oh your anger pierced my careless heart
Such a cold and deadly archer
Like some angel who’d flown to say
Love is no place to stay
It’s just a point of departure

This world is crueller than we thought it was
Desperate cowards dark with power
We didn’t meet as shelter from the storm
Together we stood out and by the weather we were formed

If you’re choosing to live for love
You do exactly what it takes
But how to hold yourself to some account?
Most saints are outlaws
But most outlaws are not saints

Who could love opinion in this world?
Or waste their time being believed?
If you wrestle faith from your own grip
Find yourself in love, willing to receive

Don’t bring your broken promise home to me
Its barbs will cut you, now they’ve scarred me too
We’ve got to find some new way to be
‘cause I can’t give you half of what I want to.

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from Burden of Belief, released May 8, 2023

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songwriter, organist and pianist, clavinetist, what-is- necessaryist, to translate loveist, HCB makes music on Wolfe Island, in New York City and many other places. Founder of the pros and cons program producing music in prisons.

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