Prose 3: Already Been Through Hell

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They say we don't deserve to behold divinity. We are told that the Lord does not love us this way... that we are going against his wish.
They say we are the freaks of humanity. We are told there is no place for us among the angels... up there in the heavens.
They say that the Devil is waiting for us in Hell. We are told that our thoughts and beliefs should burn with us... that we are barbaric and evil.
They say all this and don't realize that throughout our lives we have already been through Hell. We have been burned and broken...
They said the Devil will punish us, but if the Devil accepts us into Hell with open arms, who are you to praise a hater?
It will not be us in the end who burn...

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