Garrett+M

__**Author's Notes:**__ This poem is supposed to sound like a riddle. I'd like feedback to be focused on whether or not you could tell what the subject of the poem is, if any of the 'clues' didn't make sense, and if any part of the poem gets too repetitive.

**I am the Beginning-**

People spend their lives waiting for me- I am only a heartbeat away.

Everyone runs from me- No one escapes me.

I can be slowed- I cannot be stopped.

I can be fought- I cannot be beaten.

Wars are ended by me- Wars are started by me.

Men are my employers- Men are my agents.

I can make one a hero- I can make one a villain.

Countless monuments are erected in my name- Countless people despise my existence.

My methods are limitless- My purpose is singular.

My arrival is unpredictable- My work is consistent.

I am the instrument of Fate- I am the dice of Chance.

I am the will of God- I am the whim of Satan.

My embrace brings comfort- My presence brings despair.

I can be given freely- I can never be taken back.

I am a tool of justice- I am a weapon of malice.

I am the origin of all faith- I am the source of all fear.


 * I am the End.**