The 10th Circle (With Respect to Dante's Inferno)

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What is the 10th circle?

 

Is it a burning plain for the damned?

Is it an icy wasteland for the exiled?

Or is it a hole?

 

A hole in the hearts

Of men and women

When they feel the

Worst pain on earth.

 

To be alone.

 

To not have an ally.

To not have a friend.

To not have a single living thing care.

 

To have no family

To have no support.

To have no one when you’re in despair.

To be alone.

 

To not be needed.

To not be wanted.

To not be given a glance if you’re here or not.

To be shunned

To be discarded.

To be abandoned without a second thought.

 

To be alone.

 

Is that not the 10th circle of Hell?

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