I

"I am the beginning, I am the end,

Never seen, yet ever-present,

All-encompassing, omnipotent,

I am the beginning, I am the end.

Your mother, your father,

Your kith and kin,

Your virtues, your values,

Temptation and sin,

Your greatest foe, your staunchest friend,

I am the beginning, I am the end.

Whisper in the wind, drops of rain,

A lover’s embrace, heartbreak and pain,

I cause you to stumble, I grant the will to stand,

I am the beginning, I am the end.

Destroyer of worlds, harbinger of strife,

Creator of universe, giver of life,

I am what forever shall be, I am what never was,

I am the beginning, I am the end.

I am the meaning of existence,

I am what death portends,

I am the beginning, I am the end."