there is no hell

There is no hell but I am the greater evil,
I am the darkest pit,
I am the fire.
I am the siren song that saps your mortal will
I am the curse, the monster,
and the destroyer.

I am the slayer who thinks he has won,
I am the Black Death,
I am the Reaper.
I trample the tragic, the tattered, the torn,
Wreak the dreamer
and the foolish believer.

I am the questioned but not the answer,
I am the silent flame,
the mutable fire.
I burn with a touch; I scorch and sear
Yet,
I am my own death,
And funeral pyre.

---- 19th August 2003.