Fear

Am I death?

drawing away a final breath.

Am I depression?

blackening a soul with dreadful repressions.

Am I a gun?

shooting a piercing bullet at someone.

Am I a knife?

gruesomely stealing a life.

Am I an axe?

morbidly slaughtering with a few whacks.

Am I a deadly flame?

causing a person to perish in extreme pain.

Am I a cable?

strangling until a person's life is no longer stable.

Am I poison?

causing a beating heart to come undone.

Am I a lethal amount of pills?

causing a person's chest to become still.

Am I the demon lurking in the shadows you wish not to find?

perhaps I'm the fear you've created deep within your mind.