Mercuria: Okay, second and final piece of this little thing. Let me repeat that this is not the God that I think of when people talk to me about religion. If your god is a good, kind god, then be happy! But I've heard way too much about spiritual bully tactics in my life to let people talk about that sort of god without examining the consequences of such ideas.
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"Get out of my sight"
said god
and Grace felt a sickness
Was this the loving god her mother spoke of
the forgiving god, the saving god?
Had she been tricked?

The young woman trembled
and said nothing
except
"I am the victim
of the greatest cosmic joke of all"
and then she fell

"No!"
Grace cried
"What have you done?
My lord, I thought you loved
the ones who loved"

The lord looked upon her
and smiled sadly
"My child"
he said
"That woman was a viper
a demon in the form of light
How could she be truly good
if she would not believe
in what I am
and what I offer?"

And this child of light
this graceful dancer
with tear-streaked face
and eyes filled with pain
stood before her god
and said
"Please lord
I have served you all my life
but never was I taught
that you would damn
the nonbelievers
Seeing with my own eyes
what you have done
I will not consent to be a child of yours
Send me where the demon has gone
or be yourself damned"

"And what will this do?"
said god unto Grace
"no one will see you
no one will care
You truly do love
but the love is misguided
Forget her
and delight in the life that is granted you"

Grace lifted her chin
"I care about her"
and it matters to ME"
and she jumped off the cloud
that separates the saved
from the damned

Grace the glass bird
danced her way up to heaven
only to cast herself down
and burn in protest
of divine injustice
but even as she fell
she let herself smile
she let herself breathe
"I'm coming
lady viper"

~fin~
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Mercuria: Well, that's all then. Remember, please only complain with grammatical or structural critique.