Who Abandons Whom?
When we enter Dante's hell
There is a sign when we draw near
"All hope abandon" it clearly tells
Which in us evokes much fear
Without hope, there's just despair
Not even that at most
This is a place that is not there
Like the shadow of a ghost
What could cause such condemnation
Known to be eternal?
Did the divine make this determination
To the horrors most infernal?
Could the God of love and grace
Cause such endless suffering?
It might seem as a sacred disgrace
But that sounds like an impious muttering
The divine has granted us a chance
To choose life in free will
This hopeless hell may just enhance
What gave the damned their thrill
Their thrill became their idol
In worship of themselves
It's not that God is spiteful
The damned have made their choice of hell
God has not abandoned them
They have made their fraud
It takes one simple prayer, Amen.
But they have abandoned God