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Healing

January 18, 2013
By Anonymous

I should not thank them,
for I lived three years in hell
with no escape - not even a chance.

To thank, is not wise,
not after what I endured;
knowing the demons who were to blame.

Yet thanking is thought,
for thanks is shown when grateful,
though I will never say this aloud.

But is thanks too strong
or too great a redemption,
if my demons will forever haunt?

I suppose it is,
though I can't help wondering:
what I would have been without my hell...

© Anonymous

The author's comments:
it took me many years to be able to find this outlook and to accept it.
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