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I must leave (Vol 3 No 79)

I can’t stay in a place where I’m captive

To so much that I don’t believe,

Where the doctrines and creeds are exclusive;

So I’m off!  I feel that I must leave.

Shun the might

Of being right,

And leave the promises of certainty;

When I leave

I shall retrieve

A faith with credibility.

I must leave sacred texts without error –

The belief that they’re always right;

Must resist bigotry linked to gender,

Pushing ‘gays’ into their darkest night.

Shun the might

Of being right

And leave the promises of certainty;

When I leave

I shall retrieve

A faith with credibility.

When I leave, I embark on a journey;

But to where? I am not quite sure;

To be free from a system that binds me –

It’s like jumping through an open door!

I keep going

Without knowing

Where the final destination is;

All directions

Foster questions

Life is such a puzzling quiz.

I must go through the doorway to mystery

Where my faith can revive, live on;

Where tradition and all of my history

Can be honoured, but its grip has gone.

God’s forgiving

And thanksgiving

Fill the air - the place where my soul grows;

I will dare

To venture there

And where it is?  God only knows.

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